Primary papillary thyroid carcinoma previously treated incompletely with radiofrequency ablation

Hoon Yub Kim, Woo Sang Ryu, Sang Uk Woo, Gil Soo Son, Eun Sook Lee, Jae Bok Lee, Jeoung Won Bae

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Abstract

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) recently has been applied to benign thyroid nodules, mainly for the cosmetic reasons, and limited cases of local recurrences or focal distant metastases of well-differentiated thyroid cancer, in the high-risk reoperative condition or for the palliative purpose. But no report has been made on the RFA for primary thyroid cancer to date. We report on a patient with primary papillary carcinoma of thyroid gland who had undergone RFA before the cytological diagnosis of malignancy, later referred and treated with robotic surgery successfully. We can learn the following lessons from our case; (1) the RFA for operable primary thyroid malignancy should be avoided, because of the possibility of remnant viable cancer and undetectable nodal metastasis, and (2) robotic or endoscopic thyroid surgery may be a feasible operative method for benign or malignant thyroid nodules previously treated with RFA.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)310-312
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics
Volume6
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010 Jul
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Papillary thyroid carcinoma
  • radiofrequency ablation
  • robotic thyroid surgery

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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