| Abstrakt: |
Comparison of intact thyroid tissue in children and adolescents operated for papillary thyroid carcinoma, with the reference values established for this age group, found that half of the operated patients had this amount exceeded the upper limit of age and gender norms. In multivariate assessment an exceed of the upper limit of norm was associated with a younger age (under 11 years), living in areas with moderate iodine deficiency, radiogenic history, the presence of Hashimoto thyroiditis, variant of tumor growth and the degree of intratumoral fibrosis. |
