Surgical management of follicular thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents: A study of 30 cases
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In brief
In brief
Retrospective multi-center study of 30 pediatric patients (≤18 years) with follicular thyroid carcinoma treated surgically across four Italian centers (2000-2017). Compares clinical presentation, treatment approaches, and outcomes with 132 age-matched papillary thyroid carcinoma cases to inform optimal surgical management strategies for this rare pediatric malignancy.
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Background/Purpose
The purpose of the study is to describe the anatomoclinical, diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic aspects of pediatric follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) in order to choose the best therapeutic strategy.
Methods
Our study includes patients ≤18 years old surgically treated for FTC in four Italian Pediatric Surgery Centers from January 2000 to March 2017. The collected data were compared with those of 132 patients matched for age with a histological diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) surgically treated in the same institutions during the same period and with the data of patients diagnosed with FTC found in the literature; p-values