Observation on the result of treament of thyroid nucleus tumor by infection of ethanol in to the tumor through skin
- Author:
Nguyen Thi Thang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
thyroid nucleus tumor, ethanol
- MeSH:
Ethanol;
Thyroid Gland;
Neoplasms
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2003;469(12):46-47
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From 1998 to 2002, 117 patients (99 females, 18 males, aged 17-69) with thyroid nucleus tumors at Hospital 7 in Hai Duong and Hospital Buu Dien I in Hanoi was given percutaneous injected ethanol. Among 82/117 patients (70.1%) good results and 29/117 (24.8%) moderate results achieved. With mononucleus tumor 67 patients had got good results, 15 with moderate results and 2 without results. With polynucleus tumor, 15 patients had got good results, 14 moderate results and 4 without result. The treatment was safe complications were not severe and easy to manage
