Thyroid incidentalomas: a new epidemic

Autor:	Sareh Parangi, Jamie C. Mitchell
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	Diagnostic Imaging Incidental Findings business.industry Thyroid disease Incidence Thyroid medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Prevalence Medicine Humans Surgery Thyroid Neoplasms Thyroid Nodule business Nuclear medicine
Zdroj:	Current surgery. 61(6)
ISSN:	0149-7944
Popis:	2. TorF:Atotalthyroidectomyandcentralandbilateralneckdissectionshouldbeperformedinallpatientswithsporadicand hereditary MTC even for unilateral tumors smallerthan 1 cm in diameter.3. The radiographic evidence of recurrent MTC is unlikelywhen the serum CT level is:a. 150 pg/ml.b. 250 pg/mLc. 250 pg/mld. 500 pg/mle. 1000 pg/ml4. WhatisthecorrelationbetweenpreoperativeCTlevelsandﬁndinginvasiveMTCinapatientundergoingprophylacticthyroidectomy for hereditary MTC?a. No correlationb. CT levels 50 pg/ml indicate no invasionc. CTlevels 50pg/mlbut 100pg/mlindicateinvasiveMTCd. CT levels 250 pg/ml indicate invasive MTC5. The clinical features of patients with MTC diagnosed after(Group 1) and before (Group 2) the routine use of CTscreening were different only by ______________.6. The incidence of MTC in this study is ________and thismay___________theprevalenceofMTCinpatientswithnodular thyroid disease.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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