The Clinical Relevance of Psammoma Body and Hashimoto Thyroiditis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Large Case-control Study

This study aims to investigate the impact of psammoma body (PB) on papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), and evaluate the association among PB, Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT), and other clinicopathologic characteristics in PTC patients.We conducted a retrospective case-control study involving 1052 PTC pati...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Medicine (Baltimore) 2015-11, Vol.94 (44), p.e1881-e1881
Main Authors: Cai, Ye-Feng, Wang, Qing-Xuan, Ni, Chun-Jue, Guo, Gui-Long, Li, Quan, Wang, Ou-Chen, Wu, Liang, Du, Hai-Yan, You, Jie, Zhang, Xiao-Hua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carcinoma - complications
Carcinoma - secondary
Carcinoma - surgery
Carcinoma, Papillary
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hashimoto Disease - complications
Hashimoto Disease - diagnosis
Humans
Lymph Nodes - pathology
Lymphatic Metastasis
Male
Middle Aged
Neck Dissection
Observational study
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
Thyroid Neoplasms - complications
Thyroid Neoplasms - secondary
Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery
Thyroidectomy
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This study aims to investigate the impact of psammoma body (PB) on papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), and evaluate the association among PB, Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT), and other clinicopathologic characteristics in PTC patients.We conducted a retrospective case-control study involving 1052 PTC patients who underwent total thyroidectomy or lobectomy with lymph node dissection.Psammoma body was observed in 324 out of 1052 PTC (30.8%) patients. Ultrasonographic (US) calcification (P 
ISSN:0025-7974
1536-5964
DOI:10.1097/MD.0000000000001881