Clinical Study
Familial Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Retrospective Analysis
Table 3
Surgical pathology results of nonfamilial and familial cases.
| | Nonfamilial | 1st Degree,2 members | 1st Degree, 3 or more members | P value |
| No. of patients | 521 | 50 | 41 | | Tumour > 3.0 cm | 126 (24.2%) | 12 (24.0%) | 8 (19.5%) | 0.61 | Tumour in perithyroidal tissue/thyroid capsule penetration | 87 (16.7%) | 8 (16.0%) | 11 (26.8%) | 0.17 | Multifocal disease | 272 (52.2%) | 31 (62.0%) | 23 (56.1%) | 0.34 | Bilateral disease | 170 (32.6%) | 20 (40.0%) | 16 (39.0) | 0.25 | Vascular/lymphatic invasion | 58 (11.1%) | 7 (14.0) | 5 (12.2%) | 0.73 | Lymphocytic infiltration | 215 (41.3%) | 19 (38.0%) | 16 (39.0%) | 0.71 |
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