The authors review anatomical, clinical characteristics and prevalence of thyroid
microcarcinoma. Diagnostic procedures and risk factors of aggressiveness at diagnosis and …

Papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMs) are small tumors (≤ 1 cm of diameter) that belong
to the well-differentiated low-risk carcinomas of the thyroid, which are characterized by …

Nowadays the most commonly occurring differentiated thyroid cancer in many countries is a
microcarcinoma in patients older than 45 years, incidentally found during neck ultrasound. In …

OBJECTIVE: Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) whole body positron emission tomography (PET)
scan may show clinically occult second lesions. Such lesions in the thyroid are increasingly …

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

Background Diagnostic accuracy of fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in large and
subcentimeter nodules is still debated. We aimed to evaluate the impact of nodule size on …

ABSTRACT Objective Incidental thyroid cancers (ITCs) are often microcarcinomas; among
them, the most frequent histotype is the papillary one. The purpose of this study was to …

The thyroid gland disease incidence in hyperparathyroidism (HPT) is higher than the
incidence of thyroid disease in general population. Likewise, HPT is more frequent in …

Objective Clinical role of various levels of serum ionized calcium (Ca 2+) in patients
diagnosed with incidental MGD during thyroid surgery remains controversial. The aim of the …

Background: The rapid increase in the incidence of well-differentiated thyroid cancer in
recent years is the result of smaller thyroid tumors (1 cm or less) being diagnosed more …