Thyroid surgery in children results from three main etiologies: Medullary thyroid cancer in MEN syndromes, benign disease most often Graves' disease, and thyroid nodules which may harbor differentiated thyroid cancers. I will discuss the evaluation of these etiologies, pre-operative preparation, and operative strategies for each of these pediatric thyroid problems.
Keywords: Graves’ disease; Multiple endocrine neoplasia; Thyroid; Thyroid cancer.
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