Thyroid carcinoma. Correlation between clinical and pathological findings.
Our survey of 146 cases of thyroid carcinoma showed the following points: (a) in 20% of the cases the gland was diffusely enlarged without nodules; (b) in 35% of 34 cases, thyroid carcinoma was located in areas other than the "cold" zones; (c) multiple foci of carcinoma were found in 67% of cases with total or subtotal thyroidectomy and in 33% of cases with partial thyroidectomy; (d) anaplastic carcinomas (13% of cases) occurred in patients of all ages, 29% of them in patients younger than 30 years.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014687:Venezuela