Halac Isil, Zimmerman Donald
Division of Endocrinology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614, USA.
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2005 Sep;34(3):725-44, x. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2005.04.007.
Thyroid nodules are clinically evident in approximately 1% of children and about 30% of these are malignant. In addition to requiring appropriate surgery, thyroid hormone replacement in and follow-up monitoring of patients who are members of families with tumor syndromes must be studied for other components of these syndromes.
甲状腺结节在大约1%的儿童中临床上较为明显,其中约30%为恶性。除了需要进行适当的手术外,对于肿瘤综合征家族成员患者,还必须研究甲状腺激素替代治疗以及这些综合征其他组成部分的随访监测。