Fourteen cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting as breast mass from 1974 to 1996 were reviewed. The median age of presentation was 51 years. Three patients had bilateral disease and five had disseminated disease. A predominance of B cell disease of diffuse large cell histology was noted. Painles
Follicular carcinoma of the thyroid gland in Hong Kong Chinese
โ Scribed by Dr C. Y. Lo; T. G. Lorentz; K. Y. Wan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 356 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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โฆ Synopsis
A total of 64 Chinese patients (eight men, 56 women) undergoing primary treatment for follicular thyroid cancer between 1961 and 1986 were studied retrospectively to report the local experience in treatment of this condition and to identify the risk factors for mortality. The minimum follow-up was 7 (median 14) years. The mean tumour size was 3.0 (range 0.1-11.0) cm. The majority of patients (91 per cent) underwent total or near-total thyroidectomy. Distant metastases were detected in ten
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