Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland in a young child.

The authors present a case of papillary thyroid carcinoma in a 7-year-old boy. Carcinoma of the thyroid gland represents 1.5% of malignancies before the age of 15 years. Sixty-seven percent occur in girls 7 to 12 years of age. The authors present the imaging characteristics and a brief discussion of this rare case.