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ea0063p1215 | Thyroid 3 | ECE2019

Black pigmentation seen in thyroid surgery: an indication for total thyroidectomy?

Sodagari Nassim , Nikoo Seyed Mohsen Khoshniat , Hedayat Anoushiravan , Aghayi Hamidreza

To our experience the presence of black pigmentation in vive thyroid tissue cervical lymph nodes before ligating the arteries was associated with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). The goal of this study was to evaluate the association between black pigmentation and DTC. 615 patients who were underwent thyroidectomy were assessed during operation by a single surgeon during 5 years from 2013 to 2018 and the presence of black pigmentation was evaluated in gross pathology befor...