Recurrent Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma in Children Under Ten Years Old: Report of Two Cases and Literature Review

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in children under ten years old is very rare. To date, 18 cases of PTC in children under ten years old (including our two cases) have been reported in Korea. Here, we describe two cases of recurrent PTC with follicular variant and conventional type in an 8-year-old...

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Autores principales: Noh, Byeong-Joo, Sung, Ji-Youn, Kim, Youn-Wha, Park, Yong-Koo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Pathologists and The Korean Society for Cytopathology 2014
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Case Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4160593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25214862
http://dx.doi.org/10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2014.48.4.297
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Sumario:Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in children under ten years old is very rare. To date, 18 cases of PTC in children under ten years old (including our two cases) have been reported in Korea. Here, we describe two cases of recurrent PTC with follicular variant and conventional type in an 8-year-old boy and a 7-year-old boy, respectively, and discuss clinicopathologic and molecular characteristics that differ in pediatric patients from adults.

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