Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland in a young child.
The authors present a case of papillary thyroid carcinoma in a 7-year-old boy. Carcinoma of the thyroid gland represents 1.5% of malignancies before the age of 15 years. Sixty-seven percent occur in girls 7 to 12 years of age. The authors present the imaging characteristics and a brief discussion of this rare case.
Department of Radiology, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, NY 11795, USA.
Paul C
PC
Robinson
Matthew D
MD
Rifkin
Anita
A
Price
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*