… Last, we used the 18 F-FDG PET to rule out the distant metastasis. … Lobectomy was defined
as the removal of the involved lobe, … Two or more PTC foci within the thyroid was defined as …

… Among the 73 cases, 56 cases involved cervical regional lymph node metastasis (76.7%).
None of the patients … Many of them form branched papillary structures were found in the other …

… the multiple foci may arise from either intraglandular metastases or multiple independent …
Whether these multifocal neoplasms are caused by multiple primary neoplasms arising from …

… of the present study indicate that the multiple loci in MPTC are formed by intraglandular …
that intraglandular metastasis plays an impor‑ tant role in the spread of thyroid carcinoma. Lin et …

… of thyroid cancer has steadily increased in many countries, although the mortality rate remains
stable. In the USA, thyroid cancer is the fifth most common cancer … each patient involved in …

… Multifocality was defined as presence of two or more tumor foci… as independent tumors or
occur due to the intraglandular … by some authors depends on the role of it to prevent future …

… Many studies have shown that LNM in PTC is a significant … advanced primary tumors (T3 or
T4) or clinically involved lateral … by the intraglandular dissemination of a single primary tumor, …

… the simultaneous presence of two or more tumor foci within the thyroid gland. As previously
… , including lymph node involvement, higher primary tumor size, distant metastasis, and …

… The thyroid gland is composed of two lobes and an isthmus, … or intraglandular spread of the
primary focus[56-59]. Although most … flow pathways of the thyroid may play an interfering role. …

… multiple foci in multifocal PTC may represent intraglandular metastasis from a single cancer
… Lobectomy was defined as the removal of the involved lobe, with the isthmus and the …