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Carcinoma (cáncer) papilar tiroideo - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Carcinoma papilar de tiroides

Síntomas:

El cáncer de tiroides por lo regular comienza como un pequeño tumor (nódulo) en la glándula tiroides, que está localizada en la parte central del frente del cuello.

Aunque algunos pequeños tumores o protuberancias pueden ser cáncer, la mayoría de los nódulos tiroideos son inofensivos y no son cancerosos.

La mayoría de las veces no hay otros síntomas.

Signos y exámenes:

Si usted tiene un tumor en la tiroides, el médico ordenará exámenes de sangre y posiblemente una ecografía de dicha glándula.

Si la ecografía muestra que el tumor es mayor a 1.0 cm, se llevará a cabo una biopsia especial llamada aspiración con aguja fina (AAF). Este examen ayuda a determinar si el tumor es canceroso.

Las pruebas de la función tiroidea generalmente son normales en pacientes con cáncer de tiroides.

Glándulas endocrinas

Tomografía computarizada de cáncer de tiroides

Gammagrafía del agrandamiento de la tiroides

Glándula tiroides

Reviewed last on: 3/2/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Ladenson P, Kim M. Thyroid. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 244.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN Guidelines in Oncology 2010: Thyroid Cancer. Version 1.2010.

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