Paediatric thyroid carcinoma in disguise: papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting with thyrotoxicosis and diffuse goiter

Abstract Papillary thyroid carcinoma is rare in children. Its clinical manifestation may deviate from that observed in adult patients. We present a 14-year-old girl with papillary thyroid carcinoma. We then discuss various distinctive sonographic signs that may aid diagnosis, and we discuss differen...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric radiology 2012-03, Vol.42 (3), p.377-379
Hauptverfasser:	Sung, Tony, Man, Eric, Wong, Wendy
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Carcinoma, Papillary - complications Carcinoma, Papillary - diagnostic imaging Case Report Diagnosis, Differential Female Goiter - diagnostic imaging Goiter - etiology Humans Imaging Medicine Medicine & Public Health Neuroradiology Nuclear Medicine Oncology Pediatrics Radiology Thyroid Neoplasms - complications Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Thyrotoxicosis - diagnostic imaging Thyrotoxicosis - etiology Ultrasonography - methods Ultrasound
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract Papillary thyroid carcinoma is rare in children. Its clinical manifestation may deviate from that observed in adult patients. We present a 14-year-old girl with papillary thyroid carcinoma. We then discuss various distinctive sonographic signs that may aid diagnosis, and we discuss differences in clinical features between children and adults [added].
ISSN:	0301-0449 1432-1998
DOI:	10.1007/s00247-011-2189-x