title: [Hürthle-cell tumors of the thyroid].
abstract: In the last 10 years 20 patients with Hürthle tumors were observed at Institute of Surgery and Oncology of Cagliari University. 17 were females and 3 males with a median age of 42 years. Tumors were malignant in 7 cases and benign in 13. A total thyroidectomy was performed in all patients with carcinoma and in 2 with adenoma because of concurrent goiter. The remaining patients were treated with a less extensive surgery. Two patients with carcinoma had a cervical node metastases at 12 and 67 months, treated by surgery (followed by radioiodine therapy in one). All patients are alive and disease free at 72 months of median follow-up. None of patients with benign adenomas recurred at 47 months of median follow-up. A longer-term follow-up is necessary in order to evaluate the benignity of adenomas.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chirurgia ed Oncologia, Università degli Studi di Cagliari.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Massidda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nicolosi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mura
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Addis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piga
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy
vernacular_title: I tumori della tiroide a cellule di Hurthle.