Table 3.
Review of the literature of SFT of the thyroid
| Author | Year | No. | Age | Sex | Size | Side | Cellularity | Atypia | Mitosis | Necrosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present study | 2006 | 2 | 68 | F | 4.7 | L | + | No | No | No |
| 61 | M | 3.5 | R | + | No | No | No | |||
| Babouk [7] | 2004 | 1 | 45 | M | 5.0 | L | n.r. | No | No | No |
| Bohorquez [8] | 2003 | 1 | 68 | M | 9.5 | L | n.r. | No | Rare | No |
| Cameselle [9] | 2003 | 1 | 36 | M | 6.0 | L | n.r. | No | No | No |
| Parwani [10] | 2003 | 1 | 61 | M | 5.0 | L | +/− | No | No | No |
| Deshmukh [11] | 2001 | 1 | 56 | M | 8.0 | R | +/− | No | No | No |
| Rodriguez [12] | 2001 | 7 | 43 | F | 3.5 | L | ++ | No | 2 | No |
| 52 | M | 2.5 | L | + | No | No | No | |||
| 44 | M | 2.0 | L | + | Yes (Mild) | 1 | No | |||
| 64 | F | 4.5 | R | + | No | 2 | No | |||
| 53 | M | 6.0 | L | + | No | 1 | No | |||
| 47 | F | 4.5 | R | + | No | No | No | |||
| 64 | F | 3.0 | L | ++/+++ | No | No | No | |||
| Brunneman [13] | 1999 | 1 | 28 | F | 2.5 | n.r. | +++ | n.r. | >4 | n.r. |
| Kie [14] | 1997 | 1 | 48 | F | 8.0 | R | +/− | No | No | No |
| Villaschi [15] | 1996 | 1 | 51 | M | 5.0 | R | +/− | No | No | No |
| Cameselle [16] | 1994 | 1 | 43 | F | 4.0 | n.r. | + | No | No | No |
| Taccagni [17] | 1993 | 3 | 32 | F | 3.5 | R | +/− | Yes | Rare | n.r. |
| 44 | F | 6.5 | R | + | No | Rare | n.r. | |||
| 61 | M | 6.0 | L | +++ | No | No | n.r. |
No.: number of cases reported; M: male; F: female; L: left; R: right; n.r: not reported