Incidental Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in an Endemic Goiter Area

Table 1

Sex distribution of patients with surgical disease of the thyroid gland.

Patients	All	Female	Male
Thyroidectomy cases	395	295 (74.7%)	100 (25.3%)
Patients with I-PTM	37	32 (86.5%)	5 (13.5%)
Rate of I-PTM	9.4%	10.8%	5%

I-PTM: incidental papillary thyroid microcancer.