Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data of patients with WaLPTT as depicted in the literature.
Report | No. of cases | Mean age (range) |
Sex (M-F) |
Mean size (range) | Lymphocytic thyroiditis | Lymph node involvement |
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Apel et al. (1995) [2] | 13 | 44 years (26–66) |
1-12 | 1.6 cm (0.3–3.5) | 10 (77%) | 3 (23%) |
Tazawa et al. (1999) [3] | 4 | 50 years (49–53) |
0-4 | 1.9 cm (1.5–3) | 4 (100%) | 4 (100%) |
D'Antonio et al. (2000) [4] | 3 | 50 years (43–56) |
1-2 | 1.4 cm (1.3–1.5) | 3 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
Baloch et al. (2000) [5] | 17 | 42 years (23–63) |
2-15 | 1.3 cm (0.3–3.5) | 17 (100%) | 3 (18%) |
Ludvíková et al. (2001) [6] | 12 | 64 years (45–85) |
1-11 | 2.7 cm (1–5) |
11 (92%) | 2 (17%) |
Kim et al. (2006) [7] |
5 | 52 years (33–65) |
0-5 | 1.5 cm (0.9–2) | 4 (80%) | 0 (0%) |
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Total | 54 | 50 years (23–85) |
5-49 | 1.5 cm (0.3–5) | 49 (91%) | 12 (22%) |