[Solitary solid cold thyroid nodule in children and adolescents].
The present series includes 19 children and adolescents aged 8 to 15 years, 14 females (74%) and 5 males (26%), who underwent surgery because of solitary hypofunctioning solid thyroid mass. Microscopic examination of the mass was consistent with adenoma in 11 cases, carcinoma in 7 cases and thyroiditis in one case. Neither clinical examination nor isotopic and endocrinological investigations were predictive of the histological diagnosis. A cold nodule which is solid by ultrasonography and hypofixing by scintiscan requires, after observation for a few months, biopsy with histologic assessment during the operation.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
Le nodule thyroïdien solitaire, plein et hypofixant, chez l'enfant et l'adolescent.