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ea0032p1117 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2013

Macrofollicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: an uncommon entity

Gedik Arzu , Yilmaz Merve , Demir Tevfik , Durak Merih Guray , Ikiz Ahmet Omer , Kocdor Mehmet Ali , Ozdogan Ozhan , Bayraktar Firat , Comlekci Abdurrahman

Background: Macrofollicular variant (MV) is a rarely seen variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). We herein present clinical characteristics of four patients carrying this variant of PTC. Case 1: 62-year-old female patient underwent total thyroidectomy (TT) due to euthyroid multinodular goiter (MNG) with a cytology of ‘indeterminate nodule’. The pathology revealed ‘papillary thyroid microcarcinoma MV with a diameter of 8×6 mm, without capsule or lymph...