Currently, with advancements in science and technology and increased public health awareness, early detection of thyroid nodules has become very common, even before symptoms appear. The detection rate of thyroid nodules is as high as 19-68%. Approximately one in three adults will have at least one thyroid nodule detected. Thyroid cancer accounts for 5%-15% of thyroid nodules. I report the case of a 30-year-old female patient with a history of good health. Her mother had diabetes, hypertension, and papillary thyroid carcinoma that had undergone total thyroidectomy. During a routine health checkup, a small thyroid nodule was incidentally discovered. With suspicious factors, the patient underwent further examination with thyroid ultrasound, FNA, and right thyroidectomy. The pathology results confirmed papillary thyroid carcinoma. The patient was diagnosed early, before lymph node metastasis, therefore treatment intervention was minimal, the prognosis was very good, ensuring the patient's health and limiting complications.
CLINICAL CASE OF PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER, THE ROLE OF ULTRASOUND ANG FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION THYROID CARCINOMA(FNA) IN THEPREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF THYROID NODULES
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Papillary thyroid carcinoma, fine-needle aspiration cytology, thyroid ultrasound, thyroid nodules.
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