Background: The diagnosis of incidental thyroid carcinoma (ITC) in patients operated on for
a benign disease is frequent. This study aims to determine both its clinical effect and the …

Background The aim of this study was to describe trends in the incidence of incidental
thyroid cancers and compare their characteristics with clinically presenting cancers …

Background Despite the recent wide availability of ultrasonography and fine-needle
aspiration biopsy, endocrine surgeons often encounter incidental papillary carcinoma (IPC) …

BACKGROUND: The clinical significance of incidental thyroid carcinoma in patients with
Graves' disease is uncertain. METHODS: The prevalence of incidental thyroid carcinoma …

BACKGROUND: The frequency of incidental papillary carcinoma (IPC) has been reported to
be between 4.6% and 10% in operatively treated benign thyroid diseases. This study …

In patients, who undergo surgery for hyperthyroidism, many cases of incidental thyroid
cancer (ITC) have been detected. In the literature, there is no study about ITC in …

BACKGROUND: The clinical significance of thyroid incidentalomas is controversial.
METHODS: The rate of malignancy was determined for patients with an incidentally …

Objective Tumour size represents a much‐debated prognostic factor in papillary cancer, and
the necessity to perform a fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) on small nodules is a frequent …

Background: Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is a relatively common entity in the
general population. Aim: To present our experience with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma of …

The aim of the study was to analyze the frequency of incidental thyroid carcinoma (unknown
tumor smaller than or equal to 10 mm) in a consecutive series of 462 total thyroidectomies …