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 typeNumber (%)

Classical papillary thyroid cancer462 (77%)
Follicular variant papillary thyroid cancer80 (13.3%)
Tall-cell papillary thyroid cancer16 (2.7%)
Diffuse sclerosing papillary thyroid cancer8 (1.3%)
Follicular thyroid cancer, widely invasive9 (1.5%)
Follicular thyroid cancer, minimally invasive10 (1.7%)
Hurthle cell cancer8 (1.3%)
Others7 (1.2%)
Total600 (100%)