Clinical Study
Thyroid Cancer in Saudi Arabia: A Histopathological and Outcome Study
Table 2
The distribution of follicular cell-derived thyroid cancer cases (excluding 15 ATC and 14 MTC) seen during the period 2004-2005.
| Tumor type | Number (%) |
| Classical papillary thyroid cancer | 462 (77%) | Follicular variant papillary thyroid cancer | 80 (13.3%) | Tall-cell papillary thyroid cancer | 16 (2.7%) | Diffuse sclerosing papillary thyroid cancer | 8 (1.3%) | Follicular thyroid cancer, widely invasive | 9 (1.5%) | Follicular thyroid cancer, minimally invasive | 10 (1.7%) | Hurthle cell cancer | 8 (1.3%) | Others | 7 (1.2%) | Total | 600 (100%) |
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