Takeyama H, Tabei I, Kato K, Kamio M, Nogi H, Toriumi Y, Kinoshita S, Akiba T, Uchida K, Morikawa T. Operative indications of follicular type tumors, based on Japanese clinical guidelines. World J Surg Proced 2013; 3(3): 41-46 [DOI: 10.5412/wjsp.v3.i3.41]
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Hiroshi Takeyama, MD, Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shinbashi, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan. takeyama@jikei.ac.jp
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Surgery
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Hiroshi Takeyama, Isao Tabei, Kumiko Kato, Makio Kamio, Hiroko Nogi, Yasuo Toriumi, Satoki Kinoshita, Tadashi Akiba, Ken Uchida, Toshiaki Morikawa, Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
Author contributions: Takeyama H substantial contributed to conception, design, analysis and interpretation of data in this paper; Tabei I, Kato K, Kamio M, Nogi H and Toriumi Y contributed to acquisition of data; Kinoshita S, Akiba T and Uchida K contributed to revising it critically for important intellectual content; Morikawa T had final approval of the version to be published.
Correspondence to: Hiroshi Takeyama, MD, Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shinbashi, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan. takeyama@jikei.ac.jp
Received: May 16, 2013 Revised: July 10, 2013 Accepted: August 4, 2013 Published online: November 28, 2013
Core Tip
Core tip: To know the accuracy of preoperative examinations, we investigated the operated 36 follicular type tumors, according to the postoperative final pathological diagnosis. We also re-evaluate the operative indication and operative procedure. The true ratio of correct diagnosis of preoperative ultrasound, thallium-technecium scinitigram, computed tomography, or fine needle aspiration biopsy were 17/36 (47.2%), 16/36 (44.4%), 24/36 (66.7%), 21/36 (58.3%), respectively, and there were no statically differences between the accuracy of these preoperative diagnoses. The more than 30 mm in diameter tumors, which were suspected the malignancy in the one and more preoperative examinations, are present the malignancy in 11/36 (30.6%) cases by final pathological diagnosis.
