Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Although recognized as a risk factor in most staging systems, including the UICC TNM classification, the significance of microscopic extrathyroid extension (ETE) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) remains controversial. Despite this fact, its diagnosis by a pathologist following surgery for tumours ≤ 4 cm without metastases means an upstaging to pT3 and stage III in patients over 45 years, implying a poorer survival. Our study aimed to evaluate the impact...