Open AccessClinical characteristics associated with the finding of thyroid cancer originating from hot nodules in patients with hyperthyroidism: a case report and systematic review of the literature
Author(s) -
Carlos Osório,
Jorge Ballestas,
Diego Barrios,
Andrés Arévalo,
Shekyna Montaño,
Nashelly Pérez,
Yessica Guardo,
Hernán Oviedo,
Valeria Zambrano,
Katherine Redondo,
Flor Herrera
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista colombiana de cirugía
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2619-6107
pISSN - 2011-7582
DOI - 10.30944/20117582.790
Subject(s) - thyroid nodules , medicine , nodule (geology) , thyroid cancer , goiter , cancer , thyroid , pathology , thyroid carcinoma , paleontology , biology
Coexistence between thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism is rare, and most of the nodular lesions from which a malignant tumor is documented in this group of patients correspond to cold nodules. Justified by the increasing number of reports in the literature about malignant tumors diagnosed from hot nodules, a systematic review was carried out to determine possible factors associated with the diagnosis of thyroid cancer from hot nodules in patients with hyperthyroidism. The results suggest that the clinical diagnosis of toxic nodular goiter, nodular lesions of diameter > 10 mm and a histological type compatible with a follicular carcinoma, are factors that on their own increase the risk of making the diagnosis of cancer from a hot nodule.