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Table 1 Demographic and histologic characteristics of the whole group of 224 DTC patients

From: Neck lymph node metastasis detection in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) in long-term follow-up: a 131I-SPECT/CT study

Gender

159 females; 42 males

Age

≤45 years: 77/224; > 45 years: 147/224

Tumor histology

Papillary carcinoma: 211/224 cases

Follicular carcinoma: 7/224 cases

Hürthle cell carcinoma: 6/224 cases

Tumor size

≤10 mm: 64/224

> 10 mm: 160/224

Tumor structural characteristics

Unifocal carcinoma: 165/224

Multifocal monolateral papillary carcinoma: 31/224

Multifocal bilateral papillary carcinoma: 28/224

Risk stratification

High risk: 62/224

Low risk: 64/224

Very low risk: 98/224