title: [Cystic degeneration of autonomous adenomas (author's transl)].
abstract: Follow-up examinations in four patients with autonomous adenomas showed cystic degeneration in the autonomous adenomas 20 to 45 months after the first examination, confirmed by fine needle biopsy. Clinical improvement occurred three times with scintigraphic compensation, decompensation occurred once without clinical deterioration. In particular cases a therapeutic policy of wait and see is justified in patients with autonomous adenomas because they may remain clinically inconspicuous for a long time; on the other hand there is a possibility of a cystic degeneration.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000378:metabolism; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000209:etiology*; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007455:Iodine
vernacular_title: Zystische Degeneration autonomer Adenome