[Papillary microcarcinoma].
The incidence of thyroid papillary microcarcinoma has appeared to increase over the last decade, probably because of more extensive use of serial slices for pathology. Prognosis is generally good, but the aggressive nature of certain tumors justifies an examination of the different risk factors such as age, sex, histology type, tumor size, lymph node involvement, and extrathyroid extension in order to develop a management scheme. Published results have been rather heterogeneous and do not allow a clear conclusion.
Latapie
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Service d'Endocrinologie Hôpital Haut-Lévĕque, Pessac.
Leprat
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D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*
Les microcarcinomes papillaires.