Carcinoma in Nodular Goiter of Childhood

Abstract

From 1930 to 1960, Lahey Clinic physicians saw 79 children under 15 years of age with nodular goiter. Thirteen were referred with an established diagnosis of carcinoma, and nine of the 66 patients first seen at the Clinic also had carcinoma. In most cases, surgeons removed the lobe with the cancer, excised a generous portion of the opposite lobe and isthmus, and dissected the neck on the involved side.