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Table 2 Particularities of papillary thyroid carcinoma associated with PHPT or SHPT

From: Coexistent papillary thyroid carcinoma diagnosed in surgically treated patients for primary versus secondary hyperparathyroidism: same incidence, different characteristics

 

PHPT

SHPT

p

No. cases

(%)

No. cases

(%)

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)

19

 

9

 

0.517

 Classic variant of PTC

14

(73.6)

8

(88. 9)

 Follicular variant of PTC

4

(21.1)

1

(11.1)

 Oncocytic variant of PTC

1

(5.3)

T (tumor) classification

 T1 (a and b)

13

(68.4)

9

(100)

 

 T2

 T3 (a and b)

6

(31.6)

 T4

N (lymph node) classification

0.466

 Nx

13

(68.4)

4

(55.6)

 N0

5

(26.3)

5

(44.4)

 N1

1

(5.3)

Maximum tumor diameter

  < 10 mm (microcarcinoma)

12

(63.1)

9

(100)

 

  ≥ 10 and < 20 mm

3

(15.8)

  ≥ 20 and < 40 mm

1

(5.3)

  ≥ 40 cm

3

(15.8)

Mean tumor size [mm]

13.6 ± 18.4

 

2.7 ± 2.1

 

0.005

Multifocality

4

(21.1)

1

(11.1)

0.507