Liu Haiguang, Lv Lin, Yang Kai
Department of Surgical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou 32500, China.
Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2014 Jul 15;7(8):5210-4. eCollection 2014.
Occult thyroid carcinoma is very common in the clinic and is generally divided into four groups. Here, we proposed two types of occult thyroid carcinoma as the fifth group. The first type was locoregional lymph node metastases from thyroid carcinoma, and the second type was distant organ metastases from thyroid carcinoma. The unique aspect of the fifth group was that the primary carcinoma of the fifth group was not finally found by pathological examination. To better understand the fifth group, we reported a typical case. Furthermore, we discussed the diagnostic criteria and procedures and the management of the fifth group of occult thyroid carcinoma.
隐匿性甲状腺癌在临床上非常常见,通常分为四组。在此,我们提出将两种类型的隐匿性甲状腺癌作为第五组。第一类是甲状腺癌的局部区域淋巴结转移,第二类是甲状腺癌的远处器官转移。第五组的独特之处在于,经病理检查最终未发现第五组的原发性癌。为了更好地了解第五组,我们报告了一个典型病例。此外,我们还讨论了第五组隐匿性甲状腺癌的诊断标准、程序及处理方法。