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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with ATC

From: Evaluation of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

 

No.

(%)

Mean (SD)

Median

Min.

Max.

Gender

      

Male

8

(36.4)

    

Female

14

(63.6)

    

Age at diagnosis

  

64.3 (17.1)

68.0

26.0

87.0

< 60 years

8

36.4

    

≥ 60 years

14

63.6

    

Clinical presentation

      

Lump

18

(81.8)

    

Pain

3

(13.6)

    

Dyspnoea

16

(72.7)

    

Dysphagia

10

(45.5)

    

Hoarseness of voice

9

(40.9)

    

Stridor

2

(9.1)

    

Site of lump

18

     

Right

4

(22.2)

    

Left

4

(22.2)

    

Bilateral

6

(33.3)

    

Diffuse

4

(22.2)

    

Staging

Stage 4

      

 A. Local infiltration

8

(36.4)

    

B. Regional involvement of lymph nodes

7

(31.8)

    

C. Distant metastasis

7

(31.8)

    

Tumour size

  

5.8 (2.0)

5.7

3

12

≤ 4 cm

5

(22.7)

    

> 4 cm

17

(77.3)

    

WBC

  

8911 (4354)

8350

2800

18,000

Fine needle aspiration

Indeterminate*

2

(9.1)

    

Malignant (anaplastic)

20

(90.9)

    

Total

22

(100.0)

    
  1. *Proved post-operatively by tissue biopsy to be malignant