Nontoxic Multinodular Goitre and Incidental Thyroid Cancer: What Is the Best Surgical Strategy?—A Retrospective Study of 2032 Patients

Table 6

Histopathology and staging of incidental thyroid carcinoma according to AJCC 2010 classification in patients with multinodular goitre.

Histopathology type and staging	Number n (%)
Histopathological type, n (%)
Papillary thyroid carcinoma	47 (94%)
Classical variant	44 (88%)
Follicular variant	3 (6%)
Follicular thyroid carcinoma	2 (4%)
Undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma	1 (2%)
TNM classification 2010, n (%)
pT1a	30 (60%)
pT1b	17 (34%)
pT2	3 (6%)
pT3	0
pT4a	0
pT4b	0
pT (m)	3 (6%)
pNx	0
pMx	0
pTNM staging according to AJCC 2010, n (%)
I	47 (94%)
II	3 (6%)
III	0
IV	0