Table 1.

Patients of papillary thyroid carcinoma with honeycomb-like multiple small cysts on ultrasonography

Patient No.	Serum		Ultrasonography			FNAB	Pre-op. Dx	Surgery	Histopathology
	Tg	TgAb	right/left	size, mm	LNS				diagnosis	LNM
1	46 F	80.4, (−)	right	27	(–)	malignancy	PC	TT, CND	WD PC	(+)
2	31 F	49.1, (–)	left	57	(+)	malignancy	PC	TT, MND	WD PC	(+)
3	31 F	145.3, (–)	right	43	(+)	malignancy	PC	TT, CND	WD PC	(+)
4	30 F	237.6, (–)	right	44	(+)	malignancy	PC	TT, MND	WD PC	(+)
5	38 M	19.6, (–)	right	23	(+)	malignancy	PC	TT, CND	WD PC	(+)
6	34 F	55.5, (–)	left	47	(+)	malignancy	PC	TT, MND	WD PC	(+)
7	57 M	48.2, (–)	right	35	(+)	malignancy	PC	TT, CND	WD PC	(+)
8	42 F	123.7, (–)	right	30	(+)	malignancy	PC	TT, MND	WD PC	(+)

Tg = Thyroglobulin (reference range: <35 ng/ml); TgAb = antithyroglobulin antibody; (–) = negative; size = maximum length of the tumor on ultrasonography; LNS = lymph node swelling; cervical lymph nodes swelling indicating metastasis on preoperative ultrasonography; (+) = positive; FNAB = fine-needle aspiration biopsy; Pre-op. Dx = preoperative diagnosis; PC = papillary carcinoma; TT = total thyroidectomy; CND = central neck dissection; MND = modified neck dissection; WD PC = well-differentiated type of papillary carcinoma; LNM = lymph nodes metastasis.