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Neck nodule and thyroid cancer in young without radiation exposure history

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this study was to analyze the results of histopathological studies in neck masses observed in young patients. The neck masses were detected using ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC).

Methods

In this retrospective study, we analyzed 234 young patients who were surgically treated for neck masses at Chang Gung Medical Center in Linkou. The mean age of the 234 young patients was 16.3 ± 4.0 years (range 1–20 years). Neck ultrasonography studies were conducted using a real-time ultrasonographic machine and a 10 MHz transducer. FNAC was performed for the suspected neck nodules.

Results

Of the 234 cases, 187 (79.9%) were surgically confirmed to be benign lesions, including four cases that were diagnosed as atypical adenoma. Malignant thyroid masses were identified in 47 patients. Surgery confirmed 22 cases to be lesions that were non-thyroid in origin, including those developing from a cyst, soft tissue, and with a lymphatic origin. Diagnostic accuracies of the FNAC and frozen section examination were found to be 91.1 and 97.7%, respectively.

Conclusions

In the study population, 20.1% of the neck masses were malignant. Except in cases of follicular thyroid neoplasm, neck ultrasonography with FNAC could effectively identify the thyroid or non-thyroid origin of these masses with high-diagnostic accuracy.

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  1. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, 5, Fu-Shin St., Kweishan County, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, ROC

    Feng-Hsuan Liu & Jen-Der Lin

  2. Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, ROC

    Chuen Hsueh

  3. Department of General Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, ROC

    Tzu-Chieh Chao

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Liu, FH., Hsueh, C., Chao, TC. et al. Neck nodule and thyroid cancer in young without radiation exposure history. Pediatr Surg Int 25, 785–788 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-009-2416-9

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