Biological Behavior of Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid Including Squamous Cell Carcinoma Components and Prognosis of Patients Who Underwent Locally Curative Surgery
Table 1
Backgrounds and preoperative evaluation of 10 patients with PTC-SCC.
Patient no.
Gender
Age
Initial surgery?
Rapid growth
*Preoperative diagnosis (primary)
*Preoperative diagnosis (LN meta)
Tumor size (cm)
LN meta size (cm)
Distant metastasis at surgery
1
Female
71
Yes
Yes?
SCC
x
5.6
1.6
Lung
2
Female
71
No
No
x
PTC
x
0.9
No
3
Female
69
No
Yes
x
UC
x
3.9
Lung
4
Female
67
Yes
No
UC or SCC
x
4.9
x
No
5
Female
83
Yes
No
PTC or PDC
x
5.2
1.7
No
6
Male
76
Yes
No
PTC
PTC
4.0
1.4
No
7
Male
71
Yes
No
PTC
PTC
3.5
0.9
No
8
Female
68
Yes
No
PTC or SCC
PTC?
4.4
2.7
No
9
Male
70
Yes
No
PTC
x
4.4
3.6
No
Female
71
Yes
No
PTC
x
4.7
2.7
No
PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma, UC: undifferentiated carcinoma; PDC: poorly differentiated carcinoma, SCC: squamous cell carcinoma.
*Based on FNAB or CNB. had lung carcinoma.
