Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma in children is rare but it shows aggressive behaviour. Gross lymph node metastases and distant metastases are common on first clinical presentation.Patients and methods: During 33 years (1981–2014) at the Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia 24 children were operated due to papillary thyroid carcinoma. Mean age was 12.6 (range 7–16) years. At the time of diagnosis 12.5% patients had lun...