Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Fine-Needle Aspiration Diagnosis and Histologic Follow-up
- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Surgical Pathology
- Vol. 10 (2), 133-139
- https://doi.org/10.1177/106689690201000206
Abstract
The increased sensitivity of many imaging modalities (ultrasound, computed to mography scan, magnetic resonance imaging) has resulted in the identification of thyroid nodules, measuring 1 cm or less. Usually these small lesions are regarded as incidental and are not sampled by fine-needle aspiration (FNA). However, some of these lesionsundergo FNA because of suspicious radiology findings (multifocality, calcification, etc) or in patients with a history of radiation to the head and neck region. We present FNA findings and histologic follow-up of 39 thyrold nodules that measured 1.0 cm or less. All FNAs were performed under ultrasound guidance. The lesions ranged in size from 0.2 to 1.0 cm. Twenty-two lesions were diagnosed as papillary carcinoma (PTC), 4 as medullary carcinoma (MC), and 13 as suspicious for PTC on FNA. Histologic follow-up showed PTC in 3 5 and MCin 4cases; 11 PTC were multifocal (31%) and lymph node metastases were present in 8 (16%) cases. Ultrasound-guided FNA is effective in thesampling of thyroid cancers that are 1.0 cm or less. The present study shows that some of these lesions can be clinically significant.Keywords
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