Objective: To investigate the correlation between clinico-pathological features and lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). Methods: The data 142 cases were collected. relationship sex, age, tumor location, multi-focality cervical analyzed. Results: There was increased rate in male patients with PTMC. no significant multifocality metastasis. Conclusion: histological su...

The increasing detection of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) has created management dilemmas. To clarify the clinical significance of postsurgery stimulated thyroglobulin (ps-Tg) in PTMC who undergo thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine (RAI), we retrospectively reviewed the 358 PTMC patients who were treated with RAI and followed up in our hospital. Those with an excessive anti-Tg antibo...

Objectives: Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC), a tumor that measures 1 cm or less, according to World Health Organization (WHO) histological classification of tumors, is the most common form of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) comprising much more than half of all PTCs if one includes the socalled incidentalomas. Although PTMC has an excellent prognosis, a minority of cases were found to...

We report a case of simultaneous multifocal medullary carcinoma and papillary microcarcinoma in a patient with several distinctive features of MEN 2A. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy and central lymph node dissection. The extreme rarity and pathological features of this occurrence are discussed. There is no known common cause of these 2 different tumor types; it may be a stochastic ex...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine the predictive factors for central compartment lymph node metastasis (LNM) in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). The outcome of the current study could assist greatly in decision-making regarding further treatment. METHODS Retrospective analysis of PTMC treated at the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University. The predictive risk factors for...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the significance of metastatic lymph node ratio (the ratio between the metastatic lymph node and the harvested lymph nodes; MLNR) in the central neck for the prediction of locoregional recurrence in patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. METHODS After reviewing medical records of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma patients who received total thyr...