Jornal de Distúrbios e Terapia da Tireóide

Jornal de Distúrbios e Terapia da Tireóide
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ISSN: 2167-7948

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Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation: Original Case Report

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Background: Radiofrequency ablation has been reported to be effective and safe in reducing benign thyroid volume nodules. Most studies carried out so far were performed on a limited number of large nodules and often a subset of them required more than one single treatment.

Case report: We describe the case of 82-year-old woman with a very large volume thyroid nodule treated with a single session of thyroid radiofrequency ablation. After six months, the patient showed significant improvement of compression symptoms and significant volume reduction of 68% (from 152 mL to 48 mL).

Methods: To our knowledge, this is the first case report so far that proves the effectiveness and safety of radiofrequency ablation in such a large thyroid nodule.

Conclusions: Radiofrequency ablation is very effective technique for the percutaneous treatment of thyroid nodules. Further data are needed to define the effectiveness and the feasibility in treating large thyroid nodules.

Isenção de responsabilidade: Este resumo foi traduzido com recurso a ferramentas de inteligência artificial e ainda não foi revisto ou verificado.
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