Papillary thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents

Ultrasound Q. 2014 Sep;30(3):193-6. doi: 10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000086.

Abstract

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma is uncommon in children and constitutes 0.5% to 3% of all pediatric malignancies. Few studies have reported imaging findings of childhood papillary thyroid carcinomas. We report 3 cases of papillary thyroid carcinomas in children. Among the 3 patients, the youngest was a 7-year-old girl. In the current report, we describe 2 cases of classic papillary thyroid carcinoma and 1 case of pediatric diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. The ultrasonographic features and diagnostic procedures in these pediatric patients are similar to those in adults.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Papillary
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
  • Thyroid Gland / diagnostic imaging
  • Thyroid Gland / surgery
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / methods