title: [Thyroid tumours with a long clinical course: diagnostic and therapeutic aspects (author's transl)].
abstract: Thin-needle biopsy allows morphological examination which is free of complications. It is, therefore, suitable as a routine out-patient diagnostic measure in diseases of the thyroid. A biopsy should be taken whenever there is the slightest indication, so that clinical changes which have existed for prolonged periods can be included, even if there is no suspicion of tumour.  In this way, thyroid tumours with an unusually long course will be diagnosed cytologically. Three such cases are reported: a papillary adenocarcinoma, a medullary carcinoma and a Hürthle-cell tumour.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Zur Diagnose und Therapie von Schilddrüsentumoren mit langem klinischem Verlauf