We appreciate the interest in, and the constructive criticism of our paper entitled: ‘‘Incidental versus non-incidental thyroid carcinoma: Clinical presentation, surgical management and prognosis’’. In their comments, our colleagues state that our series shows no differences in surgical complications. However, the results did reveal differences (overall hypoparathyroidism rate 9.9% vs 4.2%, and...

We report an extremely rare case of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) in the thyroid Epub ahead of print pyramidal lobe (TPL). A 48-year-old woman underwent ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for a small thyroid nodule in the right lobe in local clinic, and it revealed a malignant cytology. On preoperative ultrasonography for tumor staging in our hospital, another small suspiciously...

Introduction Thyroid papillary carcinoma represents 75% of all thyroid cancer cases. It is more prevalent in the young and middle age group of patients. Distant metastases occur in 10% of cases. Metastases to lymph nodes can be the first sign of microcarcinoma. This is a case report where thrombophlebitis of popliteal vein and pulmonary embolic disease appeared to be the first manifestation of ...

The referred ATA Guideline [1] eliminates the biopsy from the management of the sub centimeter nodules, suggesting repetition of sonography every 6-12 months. The committee justified this action, to indicate FNAB only for suspicious nodules above 1cm, by the indolence of the papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) and because these tumors rarely present ETE, cervical lymph node or distant metas...

While thyroid cancers are usually present one type of cancer in the gland, rarely different may found or two lobes gland at same time. A 70-years-old female patient presented with a long-standing neck swelling, especially on left side, which was more prominent, recently increasing size and causing shortness breath. Due to tracheal compression diagnosis multi-nodular goiter, total thyroidectomy ...