Occult metastasis from occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
โ Scribed by Paul W. Gikas; Stanley S. Labow; Walter Digiulio; John E. Finger
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1967
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 569 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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On examination of the thyroid glands in 408 consecutive autopsy cases, 64 occult papillary carcinomas (OPC) were found in 46 cases (11.3%) whose age ranged from 16 to 82 years. Their incidence was 26 of 247 (10.5%) in male and 20/161 (12.4%) in female cases. No definite correlation was found between
Although clinically evident thyroid carcinoma is not a frequent neoplasm (incidence 2.7 per 100,000 persons in La Plata, Argentina), occult carcinomas are present in a high proportion of the population, but there are marked differences along geographical lines. The purpose of the present study is to
## Abstract ## Background. Papillary thyroid carcinomas commonly metastasize to paratracheal and jugular lymph nodes. Metastasis to the retropharyngeal node is rare for this tumor. ## Methods. Five patients underwent surgical treatment for metastasis of thyroid papillary carcinoma to the retroph