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Fig. 17.1 Neck lymph nodes levels and compartments Central Neck As the region of the neck encasing the thyroid gland, the central neck (Level VI) is the most common location…

Fig. 16.1 Anatomic landmarks for performing a central compartment neck dissection. The lymph nodes removed include the prelaryngeal (superior to the isthmus of the thyroid gland), pretracheal (inferior to the…

ATA low-risk papillary thyroid cancer (with all of the following):  No local or distant metastases  All macroscopic tumor has been resected  No tumor invasion of locoregional tissues or structures  The…

Fig. 1.1 Based on SEER data, the number of new cases of thyroid cancer was 13.5 per 100,000 men and women per year. The number of deaths was 0.5 per…

Candidates for observation Tumor characteristics Patient characteristics Medical team characteristics Ideal Solitary nodule, well-defined border, surrounded by thyroid normal thyroid tissue, stable on ultrasound, no ETE= Extrathyroidal extension, no evidence…

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Sanziana A. Roman, Julie Ann Sosa and Carmen C. Solórzano (eds.)Management of Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer10.1007/978-3-319-43618-0_13 13. The Pediatric Thyroid Nodule and Papillary Thyroid Cancer Management Scott A. Rivkees1   and Catherine A. Dinauer2,…

   1999   2005  Procedure High Low p valuea High Low p valuea Oncology  Colectomy   Mortality (%) 1.3 3.5 <0.001 2.3 2.8 NS   LOS (mean days) 8.5 10.0 <0.001 8.1 9.7…

Fig. 9.1 Radioactive iodine scans. The appearance of a radioactive uptake scan for both toxic multinodular goiter (left) and Graves’ disease (right) is shown, with the shaded or gray areas…

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Sanziana A. Roman, Julie Ann Sosa and Carmen C. Solórzano (eds.)Management of Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer10.1007/978-3-319-43618-0_7 7. Surveillance of Benign Thyroid Nodules Elizabeth H. Holt1   (1) Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism,…