Table 2 High Risk Characteristics of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma Patient Population
From: Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: the significance of high risk features
High Risk Feature | <5 mm n = 75(%) | ≥ 5mm n = 57(%) | Total (% of 132) | Chi square/Fisher’s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cancer Bilaterality | 6 (8) | 2 (4) | 8 (6) | 0.48 |
Cancer Multifocality | 21(28) | 17 (30) | 38 (29) | 0.97 |
Extrathyroidal Cancer Extension | 0 (0) | 6 (11) | 6 (5) | p = 0.005 |
Lymph Node Metastases | 5 (7) | 4 (7) | 9 (7) | 0.78 |
Distant Metastases | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.7) | 0.89 |
Total | 24 | 29 | 53 |