Thyroid tumours in children.
The authors present seven cases of primary tumours of the thyroid in young children (6 cancer, 1 Burkitt's lymphosarcoma) observed between 1968 and 1980. Using recent literature as a basis, diagnostic difficulties, surgical and radiotherapy treatment and the prognosis of these tumours are examined.
D000293:Adolescent; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
D013972:Thyrotropin