Thyrotropin serum levels and coexistence with Hashimoto's thyroiditis as predictors of malignancy in children with thyroid nodules

• Main Authors: Giuseppina Zirilli (Author), Giuseppina Salzano (Author), Domenico Corica (Author), Giovanni Battista Pajno (Author), Cristina Mignosa (Author), Giorgia Pepe (Author), Filippo De Luca (Author), Giuseppe Crisafulli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Thyroid cancer (TC) in childhood is a rare disease characterized by an excellent prognosis. Thyroid nodules in children, although less common than in adults, have a greater risk of malignancies, particularly in those cases associated with anamnestic, clinical and ultrasonographic risk facto...