The many appearances of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

Abstract

In a series of 300 human cases of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid collected from 1921-1960, there were 197 for which accurate gross descriptions or photographs were available for assessment. Approximately 78% of the carcinomas fell into the usual or diffuse variety; 12% qualified as small, 8% as encapsulated and 2% as massive. No massive papillary carcinomas were seen since 1960, but there was a slight increase in the percentage of small and encapsulated subtypes.