Our experience with papillary thyroid microcancer

Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) describes a focus of papillary thyroid cancer that is less than 1 cm in size. These tumors are frequently found on histopathological examination of thyroid specimens, operated upon for an indication other than suspected malignancy. From 2005 to 2012, 94 of 130...

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Published in:Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism 2014-05, Vol.18 (3), p.410-413
Main Authors: John, Anulekha Mary, Jacob, Paul M, Oommen, Regi, Nair, Sheila, Nair, Aravindan, Rajaratnam, Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biopsy
Cancer
Care and treatment
Diagnosis
Lymphatic system
Metastasis
Micro papillary cancer
Oncology, Experimental
Original
papillary thyroid micro cancer
Studies
Surgery
Thyroid cancer
thyroid micro cancer
Tumors
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Summary:Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) describes a focus of papillary thyroid cancer that is less than 1 cm in size. These tumors are frequently found on histopathological examination of thyroid specimens, operated upon for an indication other than suspected malignancy. From 2005 to 2012, 94 of 1300 thyroidectomy specimens in our institution were found to have PTMC. Of these, 77 were isolated PTMC while the others were associated with other differentiated cancers. We studied their clinicopathologic features, treatment and long-term outcome. There were 18 men and 59 women (the male: female ratio was 1:3), their mean age was 44 ± 10.5 years (range: 18-72 years). Multinodular goiter was the most common indication for surgery. Malignancy was suspected in only 31.4% cases. The mean tumor size was 4.1 ± 2.3 mm. Nearly 17% cases had slightly larger tumors measuring >6 but
ISSN:2230-8210
2230-9500
DOI:10.4103/2230-8210.131211