5 - Surgical Endocrine Flashcards
Important thyroid stuff
Highly vascular
Zone 2 of the neck
Important surrounding structures (arteries, veins, recurrent laryngeal nerve, vagus nerve, trachea)
Complication of thyroid surgery
Thyroid storm with excessive manipulation
Common patient type for thyroid stuff
Women (most are benign)
CA risk higher if in men
Workup for solitary thyroid nodules
H and P Imaging - ultrasound preferred Tissue Dx - FNA - Surgical Bx if suspicious Blood - TSH, T4, T3
Risk factors for malignant nodule
Irradiation (baby boomers given radiation txt for various conditions)
Radiation txt for Hodgkins lymphoma
MEN 1 (Werner’s)
Hyperparathyroidism (Calcium problems)
MEN 2a (Sipple)
Medullary thyroid carcinoma
MEN 2b
Ganglioneuromatosis of GI tract
Marfnaoid appearance
Obstructive signs include (enlarged thyroid)
Stridor (inspiratory)
Tracheal deviation
JVD
Ultrasound can help you do what with the thyroid?
Define the nodule
Solitary or multiple
Cystic or multinodular
Not adequate to determine benign vs malignant
Can guide the FNA - send aspirate to pathology
Scintigraphy?
Nuclear study
Can tell you if nodule is hot (hormonally active) or cold
Most nodules are cold
TSH low with high T3, T4 means you’ve got:
A functioning nodule
Indications for thyroid surgery
Suspected or proven CA on FNA
Hormonally active nodules
Functionally malignant
Recurrent cystic nodules
What is a follicular adenoma
Benign tissue hyperplasia surrounded by fibrous capsule
May be hot or cold
Toxic adenoma
Hyperfunctioning thyroid tissue
Kicking out a lot of extra thyroid hormones
Txt c iodine if < 4cm
txt c surg if > 4 cm
Thyroidectomy - now you need
Lifelong synthroid
Malignant thyroid nodules
More common in females
Papillary and follicular are most common
Medullar and anaplastic less common
Follicular neoplasms
Most are benign, but FNA cannot differentiate between benign and malignant
Requires surgery
Grab sample, look at sample, make decision based on sample
Adenoma? No further resection
Carcinoma? Cut the whole thyroid out
Follicular neoplasms tissue diagnosis?
Pathologist makes diagnosis
- frozen section sent for immediate diagnosis
- permanent section can be preserved in formalin for later diagnosis
How to determine between frozen or preserved specimen?
Coordinate w pathology dept
Papillary thyroid carcinoma is more common to:
Iodine deficiency, children, and post-XRT
Medullary thyroid carcinoma is part of which MEN syndrome?
MEN 2
Cut it out
Adjuvant therapy for thyroid CA
Thyroxine - replace hormone and suppress mets
Radioactive iodine - after thyroidectomy
XRT - local invasion, recurrent, mets, or unresectable