Abstract
SUMMARY: A PTMC is defined as a thyroid papillary cancer that measures ≤10 mm in the greatest diameter. The detection rate for a PTMC has increased because of the worldwide use of high-resolution sonography and US-FNAB. We report a case of a 1-mm-diameter PTMC confirmed at thyroidectomy for which the cytologic diagnosis had an important role in deciding the extent of surgery (ie, either a total thyroidectomy or a hemithyroidectomy).
Abbreviations
- ATA
- American Thyroid Association
- HE
- hematoxylin-eosin
- PTC
- papillary thyroid carcinoma
- PTMC
- papillary thyroid microcarcinoma
- US-FNAB
- sonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy
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