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Microcarcinoma papillare della tiroide: il piùfrequente dei tumori endocrini

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Il microcarcinoma papillare della tiroide è generalmente un tumore con un’ottima prognosi, ma con un comportamento clinico variabile, tra forme indolenti e prive di rischi nella maggioranza dei casi, a forme clinicamente rilevanti, tuttavia osservate solo in una minoranza di casi. La mancanza di studi prospettici randomizzati rende difficile la possibilità di verificare quale sia l’approccio terapeutico migliore e rende ragione delle incertezze e delle controversie esistenti. Questa rassegna cerca di fare il punto sull’atteggiamento diagnostico-terapeutico più idoneo, attraverso una revisione critica della letteratura.

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  1. Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Scienze Endocrino-Metaboliche e Biochimica, Sezione di Endocrinologia e Malattie Metaboliche, Università di Siena, Viale M. Bracci 1, 53100, Siena, Italia

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Pacini, F., Capezzone, M. Microcarcinoma papillare della tiroide: il piùfrequente dei tumori endocrini. L’Endocrinologo 8, 94–101 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03344569

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