Thyroid develops from median rudiment which is a surface elevation dorsal to the tuberculam impar and forms by proliferation of endodermal cells. Lateral thyroid element of the fourth pouch contributes in the development of thyroid gland. Failure of the lateral thyroid element to fuse with the median element may result in a lateral ectopic thyroid gland. In the present case, patient initially p...

Background Thyroid carcinoma complicated by hemiagenesis is very rare, and previous reports have not described this cancer on the side of the absent lobe. Methods and Results We report the case of a 64-year-old woman in whom left thyroid hemiagenesis was discovered incidentally during investigations of abnormal sensation during swallowing. A tumorous 1.4 cm lesion was also found on the side o...

Robotic surgical systems have evolved over time. The da Vinci Xi system was developed in 2014 and expected to solve the shortcomings of previous S system. Therefore, we conducted this study compare these 2 identify if truly improves outcomes. In retrospective study, a total 86 patients with unilateral papillary thyroid carcinoma without central lymph node involvement underwent gasless transaxil...

Purpose: To analyze the risk factors for occult contralateral carcinoma in the patients with unilateral thyroid papillary carcinoma (PTC). Methods: A retrospective review of the clinical data of PTC patients with total thyroidectomy from September 2012 to September 2014 in Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, was conducted to estimate the incidence of contralateral occult carcinoma of thyroid and to analy...

OBJECTIVE To determine the pattern of metastatic involvement of anterolateral cervical lymph nodes in papillary thyroid carcinoma. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective, descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Surgery, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, from July 1998 to July 2005. METHODOLOGY The clinical and pathological record of 38 patients who underwent neck surgery for ce...

Introduction: Patients with thyroid carcinoma have increased risk for development of second malignancy either synchronous or metachronous. We are reporting a rare case of synchronous squamous cell carcinoma oral tongue and papillary thyroid carcinoma. Case Report: A 60-year-old smoker male was presented with the complaints of non-healing ulcer (2x2 cm) at right anterolateral tongue since six mo...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of nodal involvement and assess the role of elective lymph node (LN) exploration and/or dissection in staging of tumors and treatment of patients with papillary thyroid cancer. DESIGN Retrospective medical chart review. SETTING Academic tertiary care medical center. PATIENTS One hundred patients diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer by fine-needle as...

The RET proto-oncogene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase for transforming growth factor-beta-related neurotrophic factors, which include GDNF and neurturin. The expression of RET proto-oncogene was detected in several tissues, such as spleen, thymus, lymph nodes, salivary gland, and spinal cord, and in several neural crest-derived cell lines. RET expression in the thyroid gland was reported to...

OBJECTIVE To assess predictors of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC) persistence/recurrence. DESIGN This was a retrospective chart review of thyroid carcinoma patients seen 1979-2007 in a Boston, Massachusetts-area multispecialty group. Of 1,025 patients, 431 met eligibility criteria. Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess predictors (gender, age, ethnicity, tumor size, su...

BACKGROUND Some lateral cervical lymphadenopathies may lead to the discovery of papillary microcarcinomas (PMC) of the thyroid that are not radiologically apparent. This relatively rare clinical situation raises questions about the diagnostic approach to chronic cervical lymphadenopathy and the impact of lymph node metastasis on PMC prognosis. PURPOSE OF THE ARTICLE: To study the epidemiologic,...