Diagnosis
Papillary carcinoma in the lower part of the right lobe of the thyroid gland.
Patient:
Female, 53 years old, Kazakhstan
Physician:
Professor Henning Dralle, Head of the Department of Visceral Surgery at Essen University Hospital.
Response from Surgeon Professor Henning Dralle:
The patient will definitely need to undergo surgery. However, surgery for this tumour does not need to be performed immediately and can safely be carried out within the next four weeks.
In this case, it is necessary to completely remove the thyroid gland, along with the right-sided central lymph nodes (this is a preventive measure for this diagnosis). Whether the right-sided lateral lymph nodes need to be removed depends on whether the central lymph nodes are affected. If so, the lymph nodes on the right side of the neck will also need to be removed.
We will determine whether the central lymph nodes are affected during the preoperative ultrasound and during the surgery itself.