Open AccessPTH Assay After Thyroidectomy: A US Surgeon Survey Analysis
Author(s) -
Noorzij Jacob,
Brietzke Scott,
McLeod Ian
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.232
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1097-6817
pISSN - 0194-5998
DOI - 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.06.380
Subject(s) - thyroidectomy , medicine , general surgery , thyroid
ysis of carotid body tumors, enlarging neck mass was not found to be significant (p 0.14). However, pain continued to be significantly different, with 67% of malignant lesions demonstrating pain, compared to only 11% of benign lesions (p 0.01). CONCLUSION: A pathologic diagnosis of malignancy is obtained when metastatic disease is identified in regional or distant lymph nodes or other distant sites. This can be problematic if radiation therapy is chosen as the primary therapy without biopsy. This study suggests that pain, a rapidly enlarging neck mass, and a younger age are significant predictive factors of underlying malignancy, which should prompt one to consider an aggressive diagnostic and management approach.