Table 2.

Indication for hemithyroidectomy and postoperative pathology results.

Characteristics	Values
Total, n	143
Incidental focal lesion, n (%)	46 (32)
PET-CT, n	33
Neck-CT, n	7
Neck-MRI, n	4
Neck-US, n	2
Goiter or nodule, n (%)	97 (68)
Compressive, n	33
Cosmetic, n	8
PTC, n (%)	137 (96)
Incidental, n (% of PTC)*	60 (44)
Tumor size, mm	3 (2.0–4.5)
Suspected malign nodule, n (% of PTC)	83 (66%)
Tumor size, mm	12 (9–17)
Multifocal disease, n (% of PTC)	6 (5)
FTC, n (%)	6 (4)
Concomitant benign nodular goiter, n (%)	85 (59)
Concomitant lymphocytic thyroiditis, n (%)	11 (8)
Tumor size, mm	8 (3–13)

^*Incidental findings during routine pathologic examination after HT for goiter.

PET-CT, positron emission tomography–computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; US, ultrasound scan; DTC, differentiated thyroid cancer; PTC, papillary thyroid cancer; FTC, follicular thyroid cancer.