Incidental and Nonincidental Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma

Jen-Der Lin,Sheng-Fong Kuo,Tzu-Chieh Chao,Chuen Hsueh

Incidental and Nonincidental Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma

2008

Jen-Der Lin
Sheng-Fong Kuo
Tzu-Chieh Chao
Chuen Hsueh

Background Subtotal thyroidectomy or lobectomy without radioactive iodide (131I) treatment is sufficient for postoperative treatment of incidental papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). Aggressive surgical treatment with 131I therapy is indicated for nonincidental PTMC.

Keywords:

Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma
Thyroid cancer
General surgery
Soft tissue
Subtotal thyroidectomy
Thyroglobulin
Lymph node
Medicine
radioiodine therapy
surgical treatment
postoperative treatment
Surgical oncology

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