title: Insular carcinoma of the thyroid in a 10-year-old child.
abstract: Thyroid carcinomas are relatively infrequent in the pediatric age group, the majority of which are papillary carcinomas. Poorly differentiated carcinomas are very rare in this age group. Insular carcinoma is a unique subset of poorly differentiated carcinoma of thyroid, which occurs predominantly in adults older than 50 years. In terms of prognosis, insular carcinoma of thyroid occupies a place in between that of well-differentiated papillary/follicular carcinoma and anaplastic carcinoma. The authors describe a case of insular carcinoma of thyroid in a 10-year-old girl who underwent hemithyroidectomy based on a preoperative diagnosis (by fine-needle aspiration cytology) of colloid goiter, and after histopathologic diagnosis of the specimen, a completion thyroidectomy was performed with block dissection of the neck. The authors believe this to be the youngest case of insular carcinoma of thyroid to be reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, M.S. Ramaiah Medical Teaching Hospital, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rijhwani
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Satish
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery