Tag: thyroid cancer

Kobieta, 77-letnia, dotychczas niechorująca, została przyjęta do Kliniki Chorób Wewnętrznych 20 grudnia 2006 roku w trybie pilnym z powodu nagłej duszności. Chora zgłaszała narastanie duszności od około 2 miesięcy oraz spadek masy ciała o 2 kg w tym samym okresie...

Angiogenesis is an important process involved in the growth of normal and neoplastic tissues [1]. New blood vessel formation depends on a dynamic balance between the activators and inhibitors of angiogenesis. The factors involved in this process are potential markers of tumour spread and consequently are possible targets for therapy...

An essential and widely accepted method of treating thyroid diseases is surgical treatment [1]. One of the basic indications for surgery is malignant lesion within the thyroid gland [2–4]. Such lesions may either be neoplasms developed primarily in the gland or, rarely, distant metastases from other organs [5–10]...

An essential and widely accepted method of treating thyroid diseases is surgical treatment [1]. One of the basic indications for surgery is malignant lesion within the thyroid gland [2–4]. Such lesions may either be neoplasms developed primarily in the gland or, rarely, distant metastases from other organs [5–10]...

Low iodine diet is not routinely administered in Polish patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), due to the moderate iodine deficiency in our country. Since iodine deficiency has been compensated for since the late nineties, the question of low iodine diet arises again...

Celem pracy była ocena zależności wczesnych wyników leczenia chorych na zróżnicowanego raka tarczycy od objętości kikutów  tarczycy po strumektomii, pooperacyjnego stężenia tyreoglobuliny (Tg) oraz wielkości dawki jodu  promieniotwórczego zastosowanego  podczas terapii...

Celem pracy była ocena uszkodzenia ślinianek po zastosowaniu dużych dawek radiojodu, podawanych pacjentom z powodu zróżnicowanego raka tarczycy. Badaniami objęto grupę 60 chorych w wieku 20–78 lat. Zebrano szczegółowy wywiad dotyczący dolegliwości zestrony jamy ustnej, wykonano USG i scyntygrafię dynamiczną ślinianek. U 40 osób procedurę przeprowadzono 2-krotnie — przed i rokpo podaniu 131I, natomiast jednokrotnie u 20 osób leczonych kilkoma dawkami w przeszłości...

A male patient had undergone total thyroidectomy for thyroid papillary carcinoma. He was administered thyroablation activity of radioiodine. Whole body imaging after diagnostic activity of 131-I demonstrated intense radioiodine uptake in the right side of the upper abdominal region...

The relation between thyroid neoplasms and chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT) is controversial. While it is accepted thatfocal lymphocytic thyroiditis develops secondarily to malignancy, it is not clear whether diffuse lymphocytic thyroiditis has a tendencyto develop into thyroid cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between CLT and malignant tumours of the thyroidand evaluate the surgical approach to CLT cases...

To review different sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) techniques in patients with thyroid neoplasm. We also compared the detection rates of the different detection methods in these patients.