1999 Volume 1999 Issue Supplement101 Pages 107-111
Between January 1984 and December 1996,74 patients (18 males and 26 females) with thyroid tumor were treated surgically in our hospital. Patient ages ranged from 18 to 76 years, with an average of 50.7 years. Benign tumors were diagnosed in 18 patients (follicular adenoma in 16), malignant tumors in 26 (papillary adenocarcinoma (PAC) in 23, anaplastic carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, malignant lymphoma in 1 patient each), and tumor-like lesions were diagnosed in 30(adenomatous goiter in 27, cyst in 3). Preoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis was found in 11 cases (PAC in 9, PAC with laryngeal carcinoma in 1, adenomatous goiter in 1). Nerve invasion of the tumor was observed in 6 cases, laryngeal paralysis due to complications of laryngeal cancer was observed in 1 patient, and in the remaining case, paralysis was considered to derive from some other factor. Postoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis due to surgical treatment was seen in 5cases. Four were temporary, and one was permanent due to nerve invasion of PAC.
