Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Macrofollicular Variant: The Follow-Up and Analysis of Prognosis of 5 Patients

Table 1

General characteristics of patients.

	(%)
Age
≤45	4 (80%)
>45	1 (20%)
Gender
Female	4 (80%)
Male	1 (20%)
Ultrasonographic nodule size
≤1 cm	0
1.1–2 cm	3 (60%)
2.1–3 cm	2 (40%)
>3 cm	0
Histopathological tumor size
≤1 cm	2 (40%)
1.1–2 cm	2 (40%)
2.1–3 cm	1 (20%)
3.1–4 cm	0
>4 cm	0
Surgical technique
Total thyroidectomy	5 (100%)
Histopathology
MVPC	5 (100%)
Lymph node metastasis	1 (20%)
Tumor invasion	0
Postoperative treatment
Radioiodine ablation	4 (80%)
≤150 mCi	3 (75%)
>150 mCi	1 (25%)
Locoregional recurrence	3 (60%)
Radioiodine ablation (>150 mCi)	1 (33.3%)
Radioiodine ablation (≤150 mCi)	2 (66.6%)
Mortality	0