Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTM) is a malignant thyroid tumor with potential multifocality and diameter ≤1 cm. This carcinoma has been discovered more frequently like incidentaloma, and the epidemiology is not clearly established. We have analysed epidemiologic and clinical characteristics in La Palma Island.Patients and methods: We collected all cases of PTM diagnosed in 188 consecutive thyroidectomies performed for whichever caus...