Pyramidal lobe-dominant papillary thyroid carcinoma – a rare entity with important clinical implications.
Authors: Henrique Messias, MD MSc1,2,*; Maria Luísa Sequeira, MD1; Ricardo Nogueira, MD1; Carlos Zagalo, MD PhD1; Mariluz Martins, MD1; Pedro Gomes, MD1
Affiliations:
1 Head and Neck Surgery department, Portuguese Institute of Oncology Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal.
2 Division of Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
* Corresponding author:
Henrique Messias, MD MSc
Head and Neck Surgery department, Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Lisbon Francisco Gentil,
Rua Professor Lima Basto, 1099-023 Lisboa, Portugal
Tel: +351913858593, E-mail: v1hmessi@ed.ac.uk
Brief running title: Pyramidal lobe-dominant papillary thyroid carcinoma
Authorship
José H A Messias, MD MSc – study conception and design, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting of the manuscript, manuscript revision, approval of final version to be published.
Maria Luisa Sequeira, MD – study conception and design, drafting of the manuscript.
Ricardo Nogueira, MD – analysis and interpretation of data, drafting of the manuscript, approval of final version to be published.
Carlos Zagalo, MD PhD – drafting of the manuscript, approval of final version to be published.
Mariluz Martins, MD – manuscript revision, approval of final version to be published.
Pedro Gomes, MD – study conception and design, manuscript revision, approval of final version to be published.
The authors would like to acknowledge Rafael Adame Cabrera, MD, of the Department of Pathological Anatomy of Portuguese Institute of Oncology Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal, for providing the iconography of the histological samples.
Abbreviations: AJCC, American joint committee on cancer; BMI, body mass index; CT, computerized tomography; FNAC, fine needle aspiration cytology; MDT, multidisciplinary head and neck oncology team; PTC, Papillary thyroid carcinoma; T4, thyroxine; TGDC, thyroglossal duct cysts; TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone; UPTC, Upper Neck Papillary Thyroid Cancer.