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ea0026p475 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2011

Prevalence and features of incidental thyroid carcinoma in 1955 patients surgically treated for benign lesions

Perrino M , Colombo C , Vicentini L , Cantoni G , Poggi L , Beck-Peccoz P , Fugazzola L

Incidental thyroid carcinoma (IC) is defined as a tumor diagnosed at histology after surgery for benign diseases and without a preoperative diagnosis of malignancy. Since the prevalence of IC reported in the literature is extremely variable (4.6–17%), mostly due to the limited number of cases, we aimed to study the features of IC in our large series. We retrospectively evaluated 1955 patients who consecutively underwent total thyroidectomy for non malignant diseases from ...