title: [Diagnosis and treatment of malignant struma (based on 82 personal cases)].
abstract: The treatment of undifferentiated thyroid cancers differs in no way from that of other malignant tumours. An oncological resection has to be performed. As far as well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas are concerned, we have divided our cases into two groups ('low risk' and 'high risk') according to factors of age, sex and pathological type. In low-risk patients we recommend lobectomy; together with a limited homolateral neck dissection in cases of papillary carcinoma. In the high-risk group we performed a subtotal thyreoidectomy which is complemented by treatment with radioactive ioidine until a total thyreoidectomy is achieved. By following this method, nearly all our patients (77 out of 82) were still at life after 7-4 years; the exceptions were five cases of patients with anaplastic carcinoma who died within the year. In our view, such positive results justify a conservative surgical procedure.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012306:Risk; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy
vernacular_title: Beitrag zur Diagnose und Behandlung der Struma maligna (anhand 82 eigener Fälle).