Research Article

Lymph Node Metastasis and Extrathyroidal Extension in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in Cyprus: Suspicious Subcentimeter Nodules Should Undergo FNA When Multifocality is Suspected

Table 3

Patients with multifocal disease.

Patient numberTumor foci diameter (mm)Total size (mm)Central LNLateral LNCentral and lateral LNETESuspicious foci seen at preop U/S

110, 212+1/2
29, 514+2/2
39, 413++2/2
49, 4132/2
58, 5132/2
68, 4122/2
78, 210++2/2
86, 6, 5, 421+3/4
96, 5112/2
106, 511+2/2
116, 5112/2
126, 4, 313+3/3
136, 410+2/2
145, 49++2/2
155, 492/2
165, 272/2
174, 482/2
184, 48++2/2
194, 48+1/2
204, 26+1/2
214, 2.86.8+2/2
223, 141/2

+: present. −: absent.