Preoperatively undiagnosed papillary thyroid carcinoma in patients thyroidectomized for benign multinodular goiter

ABSTRACT Objective Incidental thyroid cancers (ITCs) are often microcarcinomas; among them, the most frequent histotype is the papillary one. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rate of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) in patients thyroidectomized for benign multinodular goiter. Subject an...

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Main Authors: Fausto Fama, Alessandro Sindoni, Marco Cicciu, Francesca Polito, Arnaud Piquard, Olivier Saint-Marc, Maria Gioffre´-Florio, Salvatore Benvenga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2018-04-01
Series:Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972018000200139&lng=en&tlng=en