Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2016

Retrospective evaluation of papillary thyroid carcinoma : Clinicopathological features

Dr Sagar J More, Dr Shweta Gupta

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 Papillary carcinoma is the most common malignancy of thyroid gland and presents as a solitary thyroid nodule or multifocal tumour which is typically cold on radioactive iodine scan with or without cervical lymph node enlargement. In the present study , we analysed various variants of papillary carcinoma in the context of clinicopathological features . We studied the agewise and sex wise distribution of the tumour as well as size of the tumour , which plays an important role in tumour staging. We also analysed histological features of various types of papillary carcinoma , multifocality , cervical lymph node metastases , central group of lymph node metastases , extrathyroid extension of the tumour , sclerotic stroma , vascular invasion and associated Hashimotos thyroiditis and found that papillary microcarcinoma and diffuse sclerosing variant of PTC tend to be more aggressive with increased rate of extrathyroid extension and nodal metastases. Total thyroidectomy with bilateral neck dissection with possible central lymphadenectomy is the rational treatment in such cases.

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Dr Sagar J More, Dr Shweta Gupta Retrospective evaluation of papillary thyroid carcinoma : Clinicopathological features International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 3 March 2016

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