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Table 2 Primary procedure and associated thyroid gland diseases in patients with Hurthle cell carcinoma

From: Survival and prognostic factors for survival, cancer specific survival and disease free interval in 239 patients with Hurthle cell carcinoma: a single center experience

Type of surgery

Number

Percent

Total thyroidectomy

160

66.9

Lobectomy

66a

27.6

Dunhill’s procedure

10

4.2

Tumor reduction

3

1.3

Associated thyroid pathology

 Micropapillary thyroid carcinoma

12

5.0

 Papillary thyroid carcinoma

4

1.7

 Medullary carcinoma

1

0.4

 Graves’ disease

2

0.8

 Thyroiditis

18

7.5

 Benign tumor

3

1.3

 Total

40

16.7

  1. a in 21 patients total thyroidectomy was performed after lobectomy