Table 2 |
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Pathology of papillary thyroid microcarcinomas and Tg in group A and B |
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Patients characteristics |
Group A, n = 24 |
Group B, n = 30 |
P |
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Mean age (years) |
39.96 ± 13.91 |
47.17 ± 13.17 |
0.050 |
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Mean tumor size * (mm) |
7.71 ± 2.49 |
5.30 ± 2.67 |
0.001 |
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% multifocality |
10/24 (41.7%) |
0/30 (0%) |
0.000 |
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% extrathyroid extension |
4/24 (16.6%) |
0/30 (0%) |
0.000 |
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% lymph nodes metastases |
24/24 (100%) |
0/30 (0%) |
0.000 |
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Tg **(ng/ml) |
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range |
0.3 – 2630 |
0.3 – 1.0 |
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median |
8.2 |
0.75 |
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* In the cases with multifocal disease we have calculated only the maximum tumor size. ** Postoperative thyroglobulin on stopping LT4 |
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Pazaitou-Panayiotou et al. Thyroid Research 2008 1:8 doi:10.1186/1756-6614-1-8 |
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