title: [Cold struma nodule--enucleation or resection].
abstract: During 1969-1984 2,408 patients underwent thyroid surgery at the Dept. of General Surgery, Giessen University. In 72.5% cold nodules have been diagnosed. However, a cold nodule has been in less than 50% of all cases with cold nodules the causal indication for operation. Inspecting closely the whole thyroid gland, the operating surgeon removes the nodule with a segmental resection if there are no further regressions or suspicion of malignancy. This technique facilitates the histological detection of a possible highly differentiated carcinoma because of its invasion into the capsule.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy
vernacular_title: Kalter Strumaknoten--Enucleation oder Resektion.