title: [Clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer in oral and maxillofacial surgery].
abstract: The authors summarized the experiences of management for 15 patients with thyroid cancer from 1964 to 1992. Nine patients were incorrectly diagnosed. Among them, 7 patients actually had one or several dominant masses of thyroid gland, unfortunately, these masses had not been found by doctors who ignored to examine thyroid gland before these patients were performed the first operation. All patients had been operated and follow-up postoperatively. This paper mainly discussed the reason of incorrect diagnosis, method of therapy and result of treatment for 15 patients suffering from thyroid cancer in our department.
authors.affiliation: School of Stoamtology, Shanghai Second Medical University.
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013515:Surgery, Oral; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*