Calcified thyroid nodules and thyroid carcinoma
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-631X.2009.02.015
- VernacularTitle:甲状腺结节内钙化与甲状腺癌的关系研究
- Author:
Huadong QIN
;
Chenlei SHI
;
Tiefeng SHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Thyroid nodule;
Uhrasonography;
Calcification;
Thyroid neoplasms
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Surgery
2009;24(2):133-135
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the calcification of thyroid nodules detected by ultrasound and its relation with thyroid carcinoma.Methods Four thousand one hundred and eighty-six cases of thyroid disease were surgically treated during a period of five years.Retrospective analysis was made to compare preoperative color Doppler ultrasound and postoperative pathology.Results The incidence of calcification,non-microcalcification,and microcalcification were significantly higher in thyroid carcinoma than that in benign diseases(P＜0.05).For predicting thyroid cancer,microcalcification was more significant than non-microcalcification(P＜0.01).There was a significant difierence in the microcalcification between the different age groups(2.4%for patients of 45 and older,16.8%for patients younger than 45;P＜0.05):There was no difference in the calcification between male and female groups(P＞0.05);There was a significant difierence in malignant calcified nodules between difierent nodule groups(70.7%for patients of solitat'y.49.1%for patients of muhiple:P＜0.05).Conclusion Microcalcifications in the thyroid is related to thyroid cancer.especially to micro-papillary carcinoma.
