Carcinoma folicular de tiroides

Abstract

The aim of this research word was to analyze the factors involved in the appearance of Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma in our patient also investigating each one of them and determine their degree of participation on the etiology of the disease. Stablishing their clinical characteristics, diagnostic methods and treatment were also objectives of this study, to ensure medical acre with quality and warmth, focusing all actions to timely detection of the pathology, since the Follicular Carcinoma is an epithelial type tumor of greater clinical aggressiveness (Compared to papillary), which is considered the second most frequent well differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma and representing 10 to 15% of malign neoplasms. The patient, in the present case is a male individual age 85-year-old, during the physical exam, a mass of around 3 cm long, placed on the right side of the fore neck without any other symptomatology. The patient had an almost total thyroidectomy. The extracted tissue was studied and after a histological test, a follicular carcinoma was diagnosed. Also, an invasive process through the nodule capsule and vascular invasion were detected. It is concluded that an adequate analysis of the thyroid pathology is needed before deciding performing surgery, and total thyroidectomy is a better option when great-size tumoral lesions are present, to avoid a relapse of the pathology.