Open AccessPalliative and end of life care issues of carcinoma thyroid patient
Author(s) -
Alka Goyal,
Rahul Gupta,
Syed Karman Mehmood,
Svs Deo,
Seema Mishra,
Sushma Bhatnagar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.100837
Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , thyroid , goiter , stage (stratigraphy) , thyroid carcinoma , intensive care medicine , multinodular goitre , general surgery , papillary carcinoma , lung , metastasis , disease , thyroidectomy , cancer , nursing , paleontology , biology
Malignancies of the thyroid gland has steadily increased over the last few decades, out of which mostly are differentiated carcinomas of the papillary or of follicular type, have a good prognosis and highest cure rate if treatment commences early. Here, we report a case of an 18-years-old boy with a huge multinodular goiter, which compromised the airway and lung metastasis, presented at advance stage of disease in tertiary care center. Factors prevent early diagnosis and treatment, distressing symptoms patient can develop, palliation of those symptoms, and effort to be made to prevent the delay are highlighted.