Thyroid

Question 1

Skinner
Thyroid Carcinoma
VetSurg 2021

Answer 1

Metastatic to lymph nodes 45%

Question 2

Scharf
Outcomes of functional Thyroid Tumors in dogs
JSAP 2020

Answer 2

MST 35.1 m
1-year 83%
3-year 49%
~w/ Sx 72.6 m
~w/o Sx 15.7 m

64% developed hypothyroidism

Metastasis 3%

Question 3

Reagan
Unilateral thyroidectomy in dogs
JAVMA 2019

Answer 3

MST 911 days

Complications 20%
~Hemorrhage 8% (blood transfusion 3%)
~Aspiration pneumonia 3%
~Periop mortality 2%

Survival to discharge 98%

Question 4

Lorange
Vessel-sealing device for thyroidectomy
JAVMA 2019

Answer 4

Sx time

28 min vs. 41 min

Question 5

Cells of the Parathyroid gland

Answer 5

Parafollicular cells (C-cells)
-produce Calcitonin