The incident of thyroid gland invasion in carcinoma larynx and hypopharynx อุบัติการณ์การเกิดการลุกลามของมะเร็งไปยังต่อมไทรอยด์ในผู้ป่วยมะเร็งกล่องเสียง และช่องคอส่วนล่าง

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Kittaya Lertnakorn

Abstract

Introduction : Intraoperative management of thyroid gland in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer is controversial.



Purpose : The object of this study were to determine the incidence of thyroid gland invasion in patients with advanced laryngeal and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma submitted to total laryngectomy.



Study design : Retrospective chart review



Method : Retrospective case series with chart review, from 1 September 2014 to 31 October 2022 was undertaken in Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital.26 patients who underwent surgery for carcinoma larynx and hypopharynx. Surgical specimens were examined to determine the incident of thyroid gland invasion and radiological assessment was done. The recurrent rate and the survival in patients with and without thyroid gland invasion were also analyzed.



Results : In all 25 patients underwent total laryngectomy (20 cases were treated with primary laryngectomy and 5 cases were treated with salvage laryngectomy). Hemithyroidectomy was performed in 13 patients and the total thyroidectomy was performed in 12 patients. The overall frequency of invasion of the thyroid gland was zero. In spite of thyroid cartilage invasion in 44% of cases were
detected in the preoperative radiological imaging, none case demonstrated microscopic thyroid gland invasion. The result indicated that overall survival rate was 3.50 years and recurrent rate was 3.31 years .There was no significant in overall survival between patients with or without thyroid cartilage invasion by radiographic imaging.


 


Conclusion : Invasion of thyroid gland by laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer is uncommon. Unnecessary thyroidectomy lead to hypothyroidism and hypoparathyroidism. We would like to suggest that thyroid gland need not be removed in all laryngectomy, unless there is advanced disease with thyroid cartilage invasion and gross thyroid gland involvement. This can save the patients from the burnt of unnecessary morbid hypothyroid and hypoparathyroidism.



Keywords : thyroidectomy, total laryngectomy, hypothyroidism

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Lertnakorn, K. (2024). The incident of thyroid gland invasion in carcinoma larynx and hypopharynx: อุบัติการณ์การเกิดการลุกลามของมะเร็งไปยังต่อมไทรอยด์ในผู้ป่วยมะเร็งกล่องเสียง และช่องคอส่วนล่าง. Thai Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 25(1), 23–32. Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/rcotJ/article/view/267288
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