All issues > Volume 27(3); 1984

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1984;27(3):288-292. Published online March 31, 1984.

A Case of Thyroid Papillary Adenocarcinoma.

Duk Hi Kim¹, Chul Lee¹, Pyung Kil Kim¹, Byung Soo Kim¹, Yi Ho Hwang², Kyung Sik Lee², Woo Hee Chung³

¹Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei Univ. College of Med.
²Department of General Surgery, Yonsei Univ., College of Med.
³Department of Pathology, Yonsei Univ., Collge of Medicine, Seoul Korea

Abstract

We report a case of thyroid papillary adenocarcinoma in a 5 year 1 month old boy. His major problem was palpable thyroid nodule & cervical lymph nodes. Extensive bilateral pulmonary metastasis was noticed. The metastatic thyroid carcinoma was regressed after therapeutic doses of radioiodine without total thyroidectomy.

Keywords :Papillary adenocarcinoma