title: [Value of preoperative fine needle puncture cytology in the diagnosis of highly malignant thyroid tumors].
abstract: Highly malignant thyroid tumours are frequently diagnosed only at an advanced stage where radical resection is no longer feasible. By the wide application of fine needle aspiration biopsy as a diagnostic tool in nodular thyroid diseases occasionally early stages of these tumours can be diagnosed. Despite early detection in 23% of our patients with anaplastic carcinomas and sarcomas of the thyroid gland and subsequent radical resection an improvement in the long-term outcome was not achieved. In contrast, thyroidectomy and appropriate oncologial therapy may result in long-term survival of patients with early stages of thyroid lymphomas.
authors.affiliation: I. Chirurgische Abteilung, Landeskrankenanstalten Salzburg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pimpl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rieger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boeckl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galvan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy
vernacular_title: Wert der präoperativen Feinnadelpunktionszytologie in der Diagnose hochmaligner Schilddrüsentumoren.