LATENT THYROID-CARCINOMA AT AUTOPSY - STUDY FROM OPORTO, PORTUGAL

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1979

Authors

Sobrinho Simoes, M (Author) FMUP; SAMBADE, MC (Author) Other; GONCALVES, V (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Cancer

Vol. 43

Pages: 1702-1706

ISSN: 0008-543X

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 76 Citations

Scopus - 54 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-001-YK4

DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197905)43:5<1702::aid-cncr2820430521>3.0.co;2-s

Abstract (EN): Thirty-nine (6.5%) latent thyroid carcinomas were found in 600 thyroid glands removed at autopsy. The prevalence of latent thyroid carcinomas was significantly higher in women (sex ratio 4.3:1) and in elderly people (p<0.005) and appeared to be independent from the existence of another malignant neoplasm. The mean thyroid weight and the concurrent thyroid pathology of patients with thyroid carcinomas were not significantly different from those of patients without them. The study of cervical lymph nodes in the first 400 autopsies did not show any significant difference concerning histologic pattern, number of germinal centers and sinus histiocytosis between patients with thyroid carcinomas and those without them. Further investigation is required to evaluate the role of host factors on the peculiar characteristics of latent thyroid carcinomas.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5