Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in decisions for surgical management of lymph nodes in thyroid carcinoma (TC) was demonstrated in a few previous studies. SLNB was started in good selected cases of medullary TC (MTC) and it is a promising method. Its application to avoid prophylactic neck dissectionAim: To determine whether SLNB of first draining node/s in jugulo-carotid chain is accurate technique to select patients with tru...

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...