CLINICAL THYROIDOLOGY
DECEMBER 2009
VOLUME 21 ISSUE 12
Editor: Ernest L. Mazzaferri, MD

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EDITOR’S COMMENTS
Clinical Thyroidology Volume 21 Issue 12 December 2009
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EDITOR’S CHOICE — THYROID CANCER There is a high rate of tumor multifocality and lymph-node metastases in papillary thyroid cancers that arise in a thyroglossal duct cyst, including a relatively high rate of “skip” metastases
Clinical Thyroidology Volume 21 Issue 12 December 2009
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EDITORS’ CHOICE — GRAVES’ HYPERTHYROIDISM A short course of lithium is safe and significantly increases the cure rate of Graves’ hyperthyroidism
Clinical Thyroidology Volume 21 Issue 12 December 2009
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PEDIATRIC HYPERTHYROIDISM Children with Graves’ hyperthyroidism may have a poor therapeutic response to ¹³¹I if it is delayed or if they have recently been treated with antithyroid drugs or have Graves’ ophthalmopathy
Clinical Thyroidology Volume 21 Issue 12 December 2009
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THYROID NODULES The new National Cancer Institute classification system for fine-needle aspiration cytology is an excellent standard for reporting cytology results
Clinical Thyroidology Volume 21 Issue 12 December 2009
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THYROID CANCER Elderly patients with differentiated thyroid cancer not treated with total thyroidectomy and radioiodine have higher mortality rates than elderly patients treated more aggressively
Clinical Thyroidology Volume 21 Issue 12 December 2009
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