Successful sonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of a 1-millimeter-diameter papillary thyroid microcarcinoma.
A PTMC is defined as a thyroid papillary cancer that measures < or =10 mm in the greatest diameter. The detection rate for a PTMC has increased because of the worldwide use of high-resolution sonography and US-FNAB. We report a case of a 1-mm-diameter PTMC confirmed at thyroidectomy for which the cytologic diagnosis had an important role in deciding the extent of surgery (ie, either a total thyroidectomy or a hemithyroidectomy).
Kim
D W
DW
Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, 633-165 Gaegeum-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan, South Korea. dwultra@lycos.co.kr
Kim
S H
SH
Jung
S J
SJ
D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional