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Highly invasive papillary thyroid carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Tsila Hefer ,
Henry Z. Joachims ,
Arie Eitan ,
Avishay Golz  and
Jacob Brown
Tsila Hefer*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Rambam Medical Centre and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Henry Z. Joachims
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Rambam Medical Centre and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Arie Eitan
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery A, Rambam Medical Centre and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Avishay Golz
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Rambam Medical Centre and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Jacob Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Rambam Medical Centre and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
*
Mrs Tsila Hefer, M.D., Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Rambam Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel. Fax: 972-4-515710.
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Abstract

Papillary carcinoma is the most common malignant tumour of the thyroid gland, accounting for at least two-thirds of newly diagnosed carcinomas. This tumour may be occasionally multicentric in origin. It frequently spreads to regional lymph nodes in the neck and mediastinum, but uncommonly metastasizes outside these regions. Local invasion of this tumour to the upper airway or digestive tract structures is infrequent. However, when that occurs, it is a source of significant morbidityand mortality.

In the last two years four patients suffering from invasive papillary carcinoma to the aerodigestive tract were treated in our department. A short case history of one of them is presented and current trends in management of the disease are reviewed.

Keywords

Thyroid neoplasmsCarcinomapapillary
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 10 , October 1994 , pp. 889 - 891
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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