Risk factors associated with intrathyroid extension of thyroid microcarcinomas.

Nikola A SlijepčevićVladan ZivaljevicAleksandar DiklicMilan JovanovicBranislav OluicIvan Paunovic

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2018)

Intrathyroid extension is present in more than a quarter of PTMCs found in patients operated for benign thyroid disease. Independent risk factors for intrathyroid extension are size of PTMC greater than 5 mm and the mixed follicular-papillary variant of PTMC, while a large thyroid gland is an independent protective factor.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes