Calcification of thyroid nodules, which can be benign or malignant, has a specific survival time related to the nature of the disease and the severity of the disease. Calcification of thyroid nodules generally refers to the appearance of calcified foci within the thyroid nodules, due to a variety of reasons for calcium deposition, and both benign and malignant nodules can occur in the case of calcification of thyroid nodules.
1. Benign lesions: Asymptomatic patients with calcification of benign nodules without thyroid function abnormalities can be followed up regularly. If combined with thyroid dysfunction, oral medication should be taken under the supervision of a specialist according to the thyroid function. If the lesion is benign, life expectancy will not be significantly affected.
2. Malignant lesions: if belongs to malignant lesions, it will lead to the threat of patients’ life expectancy. Undifferentiated carcinoma of thyroid is relatively more malignant and has a poor prognosis, but there is no definite answer to the specific survival time after operation, and there are many factors affecting it. There are many factors affecting the survival time after surgery, such as staging, surgery and postoperative adjuvant therapy, patient’s physical condition, mentality and so on.
Among differentiated carcinomas, such as medullary carcinoma and papillary carcinoma, if found in time, they can usually be treated by surgery of thyroid gland and cervical lymph node dissection, etc. After surgery, patients can take levothyroxine sodium substitution therapy, which often has a better prognosis, and some of them can even achieve curative effect, and it does not affect the life expectancy.
Therefore, if suffering from thyroid nodule calcification, it is necessary to suggest patients to receive further examination in regular hospitals, according to the results, under the guidance of specialists to deal with.