Surgical and Pathological Characteristics of Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Children and Adolescents

Table 1

Epidemiologic, clinical, and pathological data of 16 children with papillary thyroid carcinoma, operated upon with total thyroidectomy w/o neck dissection.

Case no.	Gender	Age (years)	Tm size (cm)	Thyroid gland multicentricity	Aggresivenesss^1	Neck dissection^2	Metastatic spread^3	Recurrence no.	Additional dx
(1)	F	10	2,7	Contralateral lobe	1	2	2	0	—
(2)	F	13	0,9	—	0	1	0	0	—
(3)	F	13	5	Contralateral lobe	2	2	2	1	—
(4)	F	15	1,1	—	0	0	0	0	—
(5)	F	15	2,8	—	0	1	1	2	—
(6)	F	15	1,2	—	1	1	0	0	—
(7)	M	16	1,9	Contralateral lobe	1	2	2	0	—
(8)	F	16	2,3	—	2	2	2	0	—
(9)	F	17	0,4	—	0	1	0	0	Lymphomatous goiter
(10)	F	18	2,1	—	1	1	1	0	—
(11)	F	18	0,5	—	0	1	1	0	Lymphomatous goiter
(12)	F	18	1	Ipsilateral lobe	0	0	0	0	Lymphomatous goiter
(13)	M	18	5,5	Contralateral lobe	1	2	2	0	—
(14)	M	18	2	Contralateral lobe	2	2	2	0	—
(15)	F	18	2,6	Ipsilateral lobe	2	2	2	0	—
(16)	F	18	3	—	2	0	0	0	—

¹Aggresivity: (1) Sharply demarcated; encapsulated tumor; (2) No clear tumor border; tumor capsule invasion; (3) Thyroid capsule invasion, perivascular, perineural spread, penetration of adjacent soft tissues, fat tissue, muscle or cartilage invasion.
²Neck dissection (ND): (1) Not done; (2) Paratracheal ND; (3) Paratracheal and lateral ND.
³Metastatic spread: (1) No metastatic spread; (2) Paratracheal region involved; (3) Paratracheal and lateral regions involved.