Thyroid adenoma is a collective term for solid nodules of the thyroid gland, including benign and malignant tumors, which can be initially screened with ultrasound and confirmed with a puncture or surgical case.
Benign thyroid tumors usually refer to thyroid adenomas, including follicular adenomas and simple adenomas. Malignant thyroid tumors include papillary thyroid carcinoma, follicular carcinoma, medullary carcinoma of the thyroid, and undifferentiated carcinoma. The vast majority of patients with thyroid cancer are papillary carcinomas, which have a good prognosis and basically do not affect life expectancy. Medullary and undifferentiated carcinomas have a poor prognosis and are usually not surgically curable when detected, especially undifferentiated carcinomas, and the survival of patients from detection to death is often only 3-6 months.
Therefore, it is recommended that thyroid tumors be seen in a regular hospital in a timely manner, and that ultrasound be performed for screening, and if malignancy is suspected, a puncture biopsy may be considered. If you’re looking for a good deal more than 3cm, you’ll need to have it surgically removed. If it’s diagnosed as malignant, you’ll need to further develop a treatment strategy based on the specific pathology and the presence of distant metastases. Therefore, the treatment of thyroid adenoma needs to be decided based on the specific pathology and systemic condition.