Articles: nodular-goiter.
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Case Reports
Management of airway compromise following thyroid cyst hemorrhage after thrombolytic therapy.
The risk of hemorrhage after therapeutic administration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is well known. Cases of postadministration hemorrhage have been reported within many organ systems. ⋯ An incision into the mass during attempted tracheotomy released colloid and blood, decompressing the airway and facilitating ventilation and intubation. Hemithyroidectomy for mass removal was delayed for 3 days to allow normalization of post-tPA coagulopathy.
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Comparative Study
Different Expression of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-reactive Protein in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Nodular Goiter.
Inflammation is the seventh hallmark of cancer. Growing evidence indicated inflammation was linked to the progression and prognosis of many malignancies. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP), as two inflammation markers, reported frequently in the incidence and progress of solid cancers, but little research has concerned these markers in thyroid disease. In this study, the expression of ESR and CRP both in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and nodular goiter was investigated. ⋯ The present study demonstrated a different expression of ESR and CRP between PTC and nodular goiter. Even though the difference in absolute figures between them was very small, it could help clinicians to distinguish the difference between nodular goiter and PTC to some extent. ESR/CRP may have potential value in distinguishing thyroid benign disease from malignant tumors. However, ESR and CRP had no effect on the progress of PTC. They may not have potential value currently in PTC staging and predicting prognosis.