Papillary thyroid cancer with unusually aggressive behaviour. Case report.
A 22-year-old woman underwent thyroid lobectomy for papillary carcinoma (follicular variant). Local recurrences 4 and 7 months later, with vascular invasion and extrathyroid spread, required extensive surgery and radiotherapy. Ipsilateral lobectomy with near-total or total contralateral lobectomy is advocated for treatment of papillary thyroid cancer.
Di Saverio
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Department of Surgery, Italian Hospital, Tangier, Morocco.
Bergamaschi
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Manunta
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D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy