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ArticleSisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni2024

An Analytical Comparison of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Patients Manifested with or without Graves' Disease.

Zeynel Abidin Sayiner, Yagmur Yatkin Keles, Sadettin Ozturk, Ersin Akarsu

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Article in Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Zeynel Abidin SayinerDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Türkiye.
Yagmur Yatkin KelesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Türkiye.
Sadettin OzturkDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Türkiye.
Ersin AkarsuDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Türkiye.

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Objectives: There is still no clear relationship between the presence of Graves' disease (GD) and the development of papillary thyroid carcinoma. The aim of this study was to compare the clinicopathologic features of patients diagnosed with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with thyroid nodules and GD and patients with PTC with thyroid nodules but without autoimmune thyroid disease. Methods: The study was designed in a retrospective manner and included a cohort of 239 patients with PTC who underwent total thyroidectomy. Age at diagnosis, disease stage, PTC subtypes, tumor size, radioactive iodine use, nodule ultrasonographic features, and risk of PTC recurrence were compared between patients with and without GD. Results: Of 239 patients, 99 (41%) had GD, while 140 patients (without autoimmune thyroid disease) had only PTC. The tumor diameter was significantly smaller in the group with PTC + GD (1.45±1.28 cm vs. 1.81±1.34 cm, p<0.05). Significantly lower multifocal involvement rates were observed in the PTC + GD group compared to PTC-only group (p<0.05). The prevalence of the classic papillary thyroid carcinoma subtype was higher in patients without autoimmune thyroid disease (39% vs. 25.7%, p<0.05). Ultrasonographic features of nodules with GD and PTC do not have different characteristics from those of nodules with PTC without GD. Conclusion: The risk of structural recurrence at the time of diagnosis appears to be similar when PTC is accompanied by GD as compared to PTC alone. Furthermore, the presence of smaller tumor sizes and less multifocality in GD-PTC coexistence may indicate a better prognosis.

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Graves' diseasepapillary thyroid cancerthyroid nodule

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PMCPMC11472202

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