Clinical Significance and Prognostic Impact of Subcutaneous or Intrastrap Muscular Recurrence of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 1

Backgrounds and clinical features at initial surgery that were preoperatively evaluated for 29 PTC patients showing SIM recurrence.

Gender
Male	5 (17%)
Female	24 (832)
Age (yrs)
≥55	24 (83%)
<55	5 (17%)
Family history of PTC
Yes	0
No	29 (100%)
Size of primary lesions (cm)
>4	3 (11%)
2.1−4	17 (65%)
1.1−2	5 (20%)
≤1	1 (4%)	(3 unknown)
Clinical node metastasis (𝑁)
N1b	11 (42%)
N1a	1 (4%)
N0	14 (54%)	(3 unknown)
Lymph node metastasis ≥3 cm
Yes	4 (15%)
No	22 (85%)	(3 unknown)
Stage
IVA	10 (38%)
III	1 (4%)
II	11 (42%)
I	4 (15%)	(3 unknown)
Multiplicity on imaging studies
Multiple	6 (23%)
Solitary	20 (77%)	(3 unknown)