ENDOCRINOLOGY

Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

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Stage TX Primary tumor cannot be assessed T0 No evidence of primary tumor T1a Tumor 1 cm or less in greatest dimension, limited to the thyroid T1b Tumor 1–2 cm…

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Revision Thyroid Surgery

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Recurrent thyrotoxicosis Recurrent compressive symptoms for a MNG Completion surgery for cancer Locoregional cancer recurrence Review or change in pathological diagnosis New pathology (hyperparathyroidism) Incidence Incidence is between 5 and…

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Complications in Thyroid Surgery and How to Avoid Them

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John C. Watkinson and David M. Scott-Coombes (eds.)Tips and Tricks in Endocrine Surgery201410.1007/978-1-4471-2146-6_22 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 22. Complications in Thyroid Surgery and How to Avoid Them M. A. Alzahrani1 and Gregory W. Randolph1   (1) Otolaryngology – Head and…

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Surgery for Thyrotoxicosis

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System Symptoms/signs Neurological Restless, nervous, emotional, irritable Insomnia Tremor Gastrointestinal Diarrhea Weight loss and increased appetite Reproductive Oligomenorrhea/amenorrhea Decreased libido Thyroid Goiter Cardiac Palpitations Dyspnea Chest pain Tachycardia/atrial fibrillation Dermatological…

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Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer

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John C. Watkinson and David M. Scott-Coombes (eds.)Tips and Tricks in Endocrine Surgery201410.1007/978-1-4471-2146-6_17 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 17. Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Caroline Connolly1   and John Glaholm1 (1) Department of Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Cancer Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham,…

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Medullary Thyroid Cancer

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Medullary thyroid cancer (100 %) Pheochromocytoma (50 %) Multiple neuroma of lip, tongue, and buccal mucosa (>90 %) Prominent corneal nerve fibers Ganglioneuromatosis of the GI tract (producing constipation) Marfanoid…

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Management of the Indeterminate Thyroid Nodule

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Royal College of Pathologists-modified BTA nomenclature US Bethesda System (BSRTC) Risk of malignancy (%) Thy1: Nondiagnostic I: Nondiagnostic 0–10 Virtually acellular specimen Other (blood, clotting artifacts, etc.) Thy1c: Nondiagnostic –…

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Surgery for Benign Thyroid Disease

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Simple(nontoxic) goiter Multinodular Solitary thyroid nodule Follicular adenoma Thyroid cyst Toxic goiter Diffuse (Graves’ disease) Toxic multinodular (Plummer’s disease) Solitary toxic adenoma Inflammatory goiter Acute suppurative thyroiditis Subacute (painless) lymphocytic,…

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