Papillary thyroid carcinoma in a 3-year-old child: case report.
Thyroid cancers account for 0.5-3.0% of all childhood malignancies. These cancers are exceedingly rare at ages younger than 5 years. Although the disease is biologically more aggressive in children when compared with adults, the prognosis is better. There are only few case reports in the literature describing papillary thyroid carcinoma under age 5. In this case report, a 3-year-old child with bilateral multiple masses on the neck that were present for 6 months and who was diagnosed with thyroid papillary carcinoma is presented, and the diagnosis and therapy of the disease is discussed.
M.D., Sişli Etfal Teaching and Research Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey. seyhanalkan@hotmail.com
Seyhan
S
Alkan
Hüseyin
H
Seven
Erdal
E
Sakalli
Burhan
B
Dadaş
D001706:Biopsy; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D037981:Neck Dissection; D013954:Thyroglobulin / Q000097:blood; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D013965:Thyroidectomy
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013954:Thyroglobulin