Thyroid cancer and pregnancy

Thyroid cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed during pregnancy and with an incidence of 14 per 100,000 live births. History and physical examination,ultrasound and thyroid function tests are the optimal diagnostic strategies for thyroid nodules detected during pregnancy. Thyroid ultrasound is the most accurate tool for detecting thyroid nodules, determining their features, monitoring their growth, and evaluating cervical lymph nodes. There is a perioperative risks to mother and fetus of surgery for thyroid cancer during pregnancy. Therefore surgery for thyroid carcinoma during the second trimester of pregnancy has not been demonstrated to be associated with increased maternal or fetal risk.Up to this time all patients should be monitored until the 24th week by ultrasound. However, if it remains stable by midgestation or if it is diagnosed in the second half of pregnancy, surgery may be performed after delivery. Erdem SAHİN1, Yusuf MADENDAG1, Gokhan ACMAZ1, Ilknur COL MADENDAG1, Banu ACMAZ2, Mefkure ERASLAN SAHIN3 and Ahter Tanay TAYYAR4 1Kayseri Training and Research Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, Kayseri, TURKEY 2Kayseri Training and Research Hospital Internal Diseases Clinic, Kayseri, TURKEY 3Erciyes University Medicine Faculty, Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, Kayseri, TURKEY 4 Zeynep Kamil Training and Research Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, İstanbul, TURKEY *Corresponding author: Gökhan Açmaz, Kayseri Education and Research Hospital, 38030 Melikgazi/Kayseri, TURKEY, Tel: +905356540703, Email: gokhanacmaz@gmail.com Published Date: November 15, 2016