10.1055/b-0036-141907 17 Surgical Management of Medullary Thyroid CancerJennifer Yu and Jeffrey F. Moley 17.1 Introduction Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is an uncommon malignancy with unique clinical and pathological features that…
10.1055/b-0036-141909 19 Surgical Management of the Central Neck Compartment for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Surgical Management for Differentiated Thyroid CancerSalem I. Noureldine and Ralph P. Tufano 19.1 Introduction Cervical lymph node…
10.1055/b-0036-141906 16 Substernal GoiterSara L. Richer, Brian Hung-Hin Lang, Chung-Yau Lo, Dipti Kamani, and Gregory W. Randolph 16.1 Introduction In 1920, William Stuart Halsted wrote “the extirpation of the thyroid…
10.1055/b-0036-141903 13 Conventional ThyroidectomyGerard Doherty 13.1 Introduction Conventional thyroidectomy is the standard and most commonly employed approach to thyroid surgery. This open operative approach (Table 13-1) is universally applicable, whereas…
10.1055/b-0036-141900 10 Molecular Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid CancerSusan J. Hsiao and Yuri E. Nikiforov 10.1 Introduction Significant work has been done over the last few decades…
10.1055/b-0036-141902 12 Medical Management of Medullary and Anaplastic Thyroid CancerVictor J. Bernet and Robert C. Smallridge 12.1 Introduction Although the vast majority of patients with thyroid cancer, particularly differentiated thyroid…
10.1055/b-0036-141898 8 Medical Management of Benign Thyroid DiseaseJacqueline Jonklaas 8.1 Hypothyroidism Hypothyroidism is a condition characterized by decreased thyroid hormone production. The particular biochemical profile is determined by the endocrine…
10.1055/b-0036-141901 11 Medical Management of Aggressive Differentiated Thyroid CancerSara Ahmadi and R. Michael Tuttle 11.1 Introduction Although patients with thyroid cancer present with either intermediate- or low-risk disease that is…
10.1055/b-0036-141899 9 Malignant Disease of the Thyroid GlandJaime L. Wiebel and Megan R. Haymart 9.1 Introduction Thyroid malignancies are generally classified as differentiated thyroid cancer (including papillary and follicular histology),…
10.1055/b-0036-141897 7 Benign Disease of the Thyroid GlandMaisie L. Shindo 7.1 Introduction Benign thyroid diseases comprise both nodular diseases and inflammatory thyroid conditions. Nodular diseases can be categorized as solitary…
