Table 1.
Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics.
| Characteristics | Count (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Female | 245 (71.4%) |
| Male | 98 (28.6%) |
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| Disease manifestation | |
| Isolated thyroid nodule | 141 (44.31%) |
| Thyroid nodule + cervical LAP | 64 (20.3%) |
| Isolated cervical LAP | 102 (32.3%) |
| Central cervical LAP | 1 (0.98%) |
| Unilateral cervical LAP | 39 (38.235%) |
| Bilateral cervical LAP | 52 (50.98%) |
| Central + (unilateral or bilateral) cervical LAP | 4 (3.922%) |
| Submandibular LAP | 6 (5.882%) |
| Distant lymph node metastasis | 9 (2.8%) |
| Supraclavicular LAP | 3 (0.9%) |
| Subclavicular LAP | 2 (0.6%) |
| Mediastinal LAP | 4 (1.3%) |
| Skin metastasis | 1 (0.316%) |
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| Cervical lymphadenopathy | |
| NA | 120 (35.0%) |
| No cervical LAP | 31 (9.0%) |
| Paratracheal LAP | 5 (1.5%) |
| Pretracheal or central LAP | 25 (7.3%) |
| Unilateral, bilateral, or contralateral cervical LAP | 152 (44.3%) |
| Retropharyngeal or superior mediastinal LAP | 4 (1.2%) |
| Distant lymph node metastasis | 6 (1.7%) |