ea0016p746 | Thyroid | ECE2008
Ciampolillo Anna
, Bellacicco Maria
, Natalicchio AnnaLisa
, Grammatica Luciano
, Achille Gaetano
, Trerotoli Paolo
, Giorgino Riccardo
, Giorgino Francesco
With the increasing use of thyroid ultrasound (US), the recognition of thyroid nodules in a large proportion of apparently healthy subjects has become common. Moreover, some autopsy series have shown that papillary cancer measuring 10 mm or less, the so-called papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC), is a very frequent incidental finding. Because PTMC is being increasingly discovered, it is important to ascertain whether PTMC may exhibit heterogenous clinical and pathological ...