Clinicopathological features of incidentally detected metastatic thyroid papillary carcinoma in cervical lymph nodes of non-thyroid cancer patients: a retrospective analysis of 31cases

Abstract Background The incidental finding of thyroid inclusions in lymph nodes of neck dissections of non-thyroid cancer patients is an unusual event. It is still controversial for pathologists about whether this represents benign inclusions or metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). This stu...

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Main Authors: Chunfang Hu, Haifeng Zhang, Lixia Chu, Tian Qiu, Haizhen Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-07-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13000-023-01370-4