Thyroid Cancer: A Case-Based Approach

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Patient with a Single Thyroid Nodule Suspicious for Follicular Neoplasm According to the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology: Molecular Evaluation....Pages 3-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
A Case of a Small (1–2 cm) Papillary Thyroid Cancer in a Young Patient: Lobectomy Versus Total Thyroidectomy....Pages 19-24
The Decision-Making Process for Prophylactic Central Neck Dissection in a Patient Presenting with an Indeterminate Thyroid Nodule on Cytology Assessment: Role of Preoperative Ultrasound and Molecular Marker Testing....Pages 25-36
Incidentally Discovered Micropapillary Thyroid Cancer....Pages 37-43
Completion Thyroidectomy in a Patient with Low-Risk Papillary Cancer....Pages 45-49
A Case of Multifocal Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma....Pages 51-59
A Papillary Thyroid Cancer with Minimal Extra-thyroidal Extension....Pages 61-72
A Case of a Papillary Thyroid Cancer with Lymph Node Metastases Found on Prophylactic Central Neck Dissection (Subclinical Disease, Micrometastases)....Pages 73-82
Papillary Thyroid Cancer with Central Neck Lymph Node Metastases....Pages 83-93
A Patient with a Large Minimally Invasive Follicular Thyroid Cancer....Pages 95-104
A Young Patient with Intrathyroidal Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Family History of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer....Pages 105-109
A Child with Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Locally Advanced Disease but No Distant Metastasis....Pages 111-118
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A Patient with Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Biochemical Evidence of Disease at the One-Year Follow-Up Visit....Pages 121-126
Low but Detectable Suppressed Thyroglobulin Levels in the Follow-Up of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer....Pages 127-133
A Patient with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Biochemical Evidence of Disease at Follow-Up Visits and Increasing Serum Tg Values at the Follow-Up Assessments....Pages 135-143
A Young Patient with Recurrent Lymph Node Involvement: Imaging, Cytology, and Thyroglobulin Washout....Pages 145-151
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Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Diagnosed During Pregnancy....Pages 155-158
Risks of Thyroid Hormone Suppression for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in the Elderly....Pages 159-166
A Patient in Whom One Pathologist Says She Has Cancer, and Another Says that the Lesion Is Benign....Pages 167-173
A Case with Postsurgical Hypoparathyroidism....Pages 175-183
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
A Patient with Postsurgical Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Damage and Nerve Monitoring....Pages 185-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
A Case of Papillary Thyroid Cancer Without Aggressive Histological Features with Nodal Metastases Detected During Follow-Up in a Younger Patient....Pages 197-200
A Case of Papillary Thyroid Cancer Without Aggressive Histological Features with Nodal Metastases in an Older Patient....Pages 201-205
A Patient with a Large Hürthle Cell Carcinoma of the Thyroid and Nodal Metastases....Pages 207-212
A Case of a Large, Invasive PTC with Gross Residual Disease (pT4) After Surgery....Pages 213-219
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A Patient with Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid with Elevated Serum Thyroglobulin but Negative Imaging Studies....Pages 223-228
A Young Child with Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Metastatic Pulmonary Disease: Role of Radioactive Iodine Therapy in Children....Pages 229-236
A Patient with Bone Metastases from Follicular Carcinoma of the Thyroid....Pages 237-244
Radioiodine Therapy in Lactating Women with Higher-Risk Differentiated Thyroid Cancer....Pages 245-251
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
A Case of a Patient with Radioactive Iodine Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer with Progressive Neck Disease (Latero-cervical Lymph Nodes) and Stable, Small Lung Metastases....Pages 255-263
A Case of an Elderly Patient with Advanced Disease and Non-radioiodine-avid Metastases....Pages 265-277
RAI-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer with Multiple Organ Progressive Disease....Pages 279-285
RAI-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Lung Lesions Causing Bleeding....Pages 287-291
A Patient with Follicular Thyroid Cancer and a Painful Bone Metastases at Risk for Pathologic Fracture....Pages 293-305
Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Brain Metastases....Pages 307-312
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
RAI-Refractory, Advanced Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Receiving Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Treatment: Checking for Drug-Drug Interactions....Pages 315-320
A Patient with Advanced Differentiated Radioactive Iodine-Refractory Thyroid Cancer Receiving Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Treatment: Managing Hypertension, QTc Prolongation, Dermatologic and Gastrointestinal Adverse Events....Pages 321-325
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Management of Postoperative Hypercalcitoninemia in MTC....Pages 329-335
A Patient with Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC) and Tumor-Related Diarrhea....Pages 337-346
Clinical Management of a Patient with a Locally Recurrent Medullary Thyroid Cancer and Asymptomatic Slowly Progressing Distant Metastases....Pages 347-354
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
A Patient with an Advanced Medullary Thyroid Cancer and Progressive, Symptomatic Distant Metastases: When to Start Systemic Therapy....Pages 355-363
Medical Treatment Decision-Making for Advanced, Progressive Medullary Thyroid Cancer....Pages 365-374
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
Screening Leading to Diagnosis of C-Cell Hyperplasia....Pages 377-385
Increased Basal Calcitonin in Nodular Goiter: Is It Micromedullary Thyroid Cancer?....Pages 387-393
Timing and Extent of Surgery for a Pediatric Patient with Hereditary MTC and Positive Screening for the S891A RET Mutation....Pages 395-400
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Thyroid Lymphoma: Differential Diagnosis and Management....Pages 403-410
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Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: Surgery or Not in Locally Advanced Disease....Pages 413-420
Back Matter....Pages 421-430