[Small thyroid cancer].
Thyroid carcinoma was detected in 1132 of 32500 patients undergoing surgery because of goiter. Small thyroid carcinoma (STC) was found in 245 patients (21.6%) and is divided into the following subgroups: 1) local (focal) microcarcinoma-a focus of a pronounced proliferation, dysplasia and fibrosis up to 1 mm in diameter; 2) invasive dwarf carcinoma of 5 to 15 mm in diameter which is not detected by clinical and instrumental methods; 3) intermediate STC, 1 to 5 mm in diameter. STC had a papillary-follicular structure in 88%, the rest were of a oncocytic and parafollicular structure.
Gol'dburt
N N
NN
Perchuk
B D
BD
Markin
S S
SS
Makedonskaia
I V
IV
D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D006042:Goiter / Q000601:surgery*; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012598:Sclerosis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*