Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland in a young child. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The authors present a case of papillary thyroid carcinoma in a 7-year-old boy. Carcinoma of the thyroid gland represents 1.5% of malignancies before the age of 15 years. Sixty-seven percent occur in girls 7 to 12 years of age. The authors present the imaging characteristics and a brief discussion of this rare case.

publication date

  • September 1, 2004

Research

keywords

  • Carcinoma, Papillary
  • Thyroid Neoplasms
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 4444249395

PubMed ID

  • 15322387

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 20

issue

  • 3