Clinical Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer

In a survey of 293 patients with carcinoma of the thyroid, a goitre or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck were the commonest symptoms and a mass confined to one lobe the commonest sign. Hardness of the mass was an important diagnostic feature, and at least two-thirds of the tumour could be recognized...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 1973-12, Vol.4 (5891), p.532-535
Hauptverfasser:	Staunton, M. D., Greening, W. P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenocarcinoma - diagnosis Adolescent Adult Aged Autoantibodies Biopsy Cancer Carcinoma - diagnosis Carcinoma, Papillary - diagnosis Child Female Fibrosarcoma - diagnosis Goiter - etiology Hair diseases Humans Iodine Radioisotopes Laryngoscopy Lymph Nodes Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - diagnosis Male Medical Practice Middle Aged Neoplasia Neoplasm Metastasis Nodules Occasional Survey Papillae Papillary carcinoma Radiography Radionuclide Imaging Sex Factors Swelling Technetium Thyroid cancer Thyroid gland Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnosis Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Trachea - diagnostic imaging
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Zusammenfassung:	In a survey of 293 patients with carcinoma of the thyroid, a goitre or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck were the commonest symptoms and a mass confined to one lobe the commonest sign. Hardness of the mass was an important diagnostic feature, and at least two-thirds of the tumour could be recognized before operation. It is suggested that the preoperative evaluation of thyroid swellings should be classified as benign, cancer suspected, and cancer probable.
ISSN:	0007-1447 0959-8138 1468-5833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.4.5891.532