Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is a papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) type with a maximum diameter of ≤ 10 mm. Generally, PTMCs have good prognosis and low mortality risk. However, there are cases of PTMCs showing more biologically aggressive characteristics, such as lymph node (LN) involvement and distant metastasis.Objectives: Reveal the factors affecting the prognosis and aggressiveness of PTMCs.Methods: ...

Introduction: Papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMC) are usually detected incidentally. They occur as a result of histological/microscopic examination of a thyroid removed especially for nodular goiter. Generally, the prognosis is good. However, it has been reported that lymph node (LN) metastasis is more common especially in PTMCs with tumor size > 5mm. In this study, it was aimed to show the effect of tumor size on prognosis by comparing clinicopathological data in pat...