In an autopsy series in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, cervical lymph node dissections
were performed in 128 autopsy cases in which occult papillary thyroid carcinoma had been …

A patient underwent a total thyroidectomy after the incidental discovery of normal appearing
thyroid tissue in a scalene lymph node. When the thyroid was examined by a subserial …

It is well established that small clinically undetected thyroid carcinomas can produce
extensive lymphatic metastases. However, occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid …

Of 140 occult papillary carcinomas treated surgically at the Mayo Clinic over a 30-year
period, 58 were associated with nodal metastasis and 82 were found incidental to thyroid …

Discussion The autopsy prevalence of occult papillary thyroid carcinoma (which varies
markedly from the clinical prevalence) depends on the population under study …

In a sequence of 1,020 autopsies, all thyroid glands were thoroughly examined during a two-
year period. Fifty-seven percent of the thyroid glands had no gross or histologic changes; …

Materials and Methods Thyroid glands were obtained during 408 consecutive autopsies
performed at the Department of Pathology, University of Tokushima School of Medicine …

Ten occult carcinomas of the thyroid gland were found in 274 unselected autopsies at the
Pathology Service, Hospital Jose Joaquin Aguirre, between December 1980 and March …

THE THYROID GLAND is not frequently the site of primary cancer. It is perhaps even less
frequently the site of metastatic cancer. In a series of 1,000 consecutive and unselected …

Nine occult carcinomas of the thyroid were found in 157 autopsies of deceased residents of
Olmsted County, Minnesota, a prevalence of 5.7%. This rate is significantly lower than that …