Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2011 Jan;54(1):69-72. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2011.54.1.69.

A Case of Minimal Invasive Follicular Carcinoma in Childhood

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  • 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea. lesaby@hanmail.net
  • 2Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.

Abstract

Minimally invasive follicular carcinoma is exceedingly rare in children and should be included in the differential diagnosis of thyroid mass. A 2-year-old child visited the hospital with a left neck mass. Ultrasonography showed a 3.5 cm-sized well-defined hypoechoic mass in the left lobe of thyroid gland and fine needle aspiration cytology revealed multiple benign follicular cells and a cluster of giant cell. He underwent left lobectomy and the subsequent histopathologic diagnosis confirmed the minimally invasive follicular carcinoma. He has been followed up for 12 months without any evidence of recurrence.

Keyword

Thyroid gland; Follicular carcinoma; Low grade; Minimally invasive; Children

MeSH Terms

Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Giant Cells
Humans
Neck
Preschool Child
Recurrence
Thyroid Gland
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