Table 1.
Patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma presenting as a cystic lateral neck mass
| Patient number |
Age | Sex | Clinical cyst size (cm) |
Symptom duration (months) |
Imaging study |
Radiological thyroid nodule size (cm) |
FNAC result |
Treatment | Primary thyroid tumor size (cm) |
ILN/RLN |
| 1 | 37 | M | 3 × 3 | 84 | U/S & CT | ____ | Negative | TT, UMRND, RAI, TH |
0.8, MFBL | 2/3 |
| 2 | 21 | F | 3 × 5 | 3 | U/S & CT | 1.6 | Positive | TT, BMRND RAI,TH |
1.7 | 33/54 |
| 3 | 29 | M | 4 × 4.5 | 0.5 | CT & Isotope scan |
__ | Negative | TT, BMRND RAI,TH |
1.5, MFBL | 14/32 |
| 4 | 33 | F | 4 × 6 | 6 | U/S | 1.1 | Positive | Traveled | __ | |
| 5 | 64 | F | 4 × 5 | 132 | MRI | ___ | Positive | Traveled TT, BMRND, RAI, TH |
__ |
Abbreviations: TT, total thyroidectomy; BMRND, bilateral modified radical neck dissection; UMRND, unilateral modified neck dissection; RAI, radioactive iodine ablation; TH, thyroid hormone replacement therapy; PTC, Papillary thyroid carcinoma; MFBL, multiple microscopic foci both lobes; ILN, involved lymph nodes; RLN, removed lymph nodes.