Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Children: Prevalence and Predictors in a Large Cohort with Thyroid Nodules Followed
Patricia Papendieck1, Laura Gruñeiro-Papendieck1, Marcela Venara1
1Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas Dr. César Bergadá, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Division of Endocrinology, Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|June 29, 2015
Abstract:
We retrospectively analyzed the findings of a prospective cohort of 75 children referred for thyroid nodules between 2008 and 2013. Prevalence of papillary differentiated thyroid carcinoma was 18.7%. Thyrotropin >2.5 mIU/L, multinodular goiter, solid nodules, irregular margins, and pathologic lymphadenopathies were identified as independent predictors of malignancy.
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