Thyroid adenoma

When a disease like thyroid adenoma occurs, it is actually a benign tumor of the thyroid follicular cells in the human body, and is the most common benign tumor of the thyroid gland. Such diseases usually occur during periods of thyroid activity. Clinically, this disease includes two types of adenomas: follicular and papillary solid adenomas, but how should thyroid adenoma be treated?

When thyroid adenoma occurs, it may actually cause cancer. If thyroid adenoma is not treated in time, it is very likely to cause hyperthyroidism. Therefore, we recommend that patients suffering from the disease should undergo timely surgical removal of thyroid adenoma. This is the most important point and we should be familiar with these conditions.

Surgery is the most effective treatment for thyroid adenoma. Regardless of the size of the tumor, it is currently recommended to perform a lobectomy or subtotal lobectomy on the affected side rather than adenoma removal. The reason is that it is clinically difficult to distinguish between thyroid adenoma and certain thyroid cancers, especially early thyroid cancer. In addition, about 25% of thyroid tumors are multiple, and clinically only larger adenomas can be detected. Simple adenoma removal will leave small adenomas behind, causing recurrence in the future.

Because thyroid tumors may cause hyperthyroidism (incidence is about 20%) and malignant transformation (incidence is about 10%), the thyroid gland should be mostly or partially removed (for small adenomas) at an early stage, including the affected side of the adenoma. The resected specimen must be immediately examined by frozen section to determine whether it has malignant transformation.

However, in daily life, after suffering from thyroid adenoma, it is easy to relapse after surgical treatment, and the recurrence rate can be as high as 90%. Therefore, this method will make thyroid adenoma difficult to cure, because surgery is only a local treatment method. If you want to get timely treatment and cure of thyroid adenoma, it is better to choose some suitable methods and participate in formal treatment.