Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The incidence of papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (MPT, max diameter≤10 mm) has increased in recent years. Most have a very good prognosis but some have growth during follow-up, lymph node and / or distant metastases.Material and methods: We performed a single-center, retrospective cohort study, n=114 patients (86% women, average age 48.3 years), diagnosed with MPT between 1998 and 2012. Risk stratification system (ATA 2015): 10 high...