title: Papillary thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents.
abstract: Differentiated thyroid carcinoma is uncommon in children and constitutes 0.5% to 3% of all pediatric malignancies. Few studies have reported imaging findings of childhood papillary thyroid carcinomas. We report 3 cases of papillary thyroid carcinomas in children. Among the 3 patients, the youngest was a 7-year-old girl. In the current report, we describe 2 cases of classic papillary thyroid carcinoma and 1 case of pediatric diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. The ultrasonographic features and diagnostic procedures in these pediatric patients are similar to those in adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Bo Mi
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Sung Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Soo Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Seung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Yang Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyung Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Jong Beum
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods