ea0029p1628 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ICEECE2012
Paja M.
, EtxeberrIa E.
, Iglesias N.
, Gutierrez T.
, Ugalde A.
, Oleaga A.
, Arosa V.
, Elorza R.
Higher serum TSH has been recently postulated as a predictor of thyroid malignancy in nodular thyroid disease. In addition, some reports have demonstrated its association with more advanced stages of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC).Material and methods: We collected retrospectively preoperative serum TSH from patients who underwent total thyroidectomy in the period 20052011 in a single tertiary center. We recorded demographic data, nodule numbe...