Table 2.
Analysis of clinicopathological features between incidental and non-incidental mPTMCs
| Clinicopathological feature (n = 103) | mPTMCs |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incidental (n = 42, 40.8%) | Non-incidental (n = 61, 59.2%) | ||
| Age (yr) | |||
| < 45 | 18 (42.9) | 25 (41.0) | .850 |
| ≥ 45 | 24 (57.1) | 36 (59.0) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 5 (11.9) | 13 (21.3) | .217 |
| Female | 37 (88.1) | 48 (78.7) | |
| Main tumor size (cm) | 0.66±0.19 | 0.67±0.19 | .801 |
| Supplemental tumor size (cm) | 0.23±0.12 | 0.41±0.17 | < .001 |
| Total thyroidectomy | 29 (69.0) | 54 (88.5) | .014 |
| Lobectomy | 13 (31.0) | 7 (11.5) | |
| Extrathyroidal extension | |||
| Present | 28 (66.7) | 26 (42.6) | .016 |
| Absent | 14 (33.3) | 35 (57.4) | |
| Lymph node metastasis | |||
| Present | 18 (42.9) | 34 (55.7) | .199 |
| Absent | 24 (57.1) | 27 (44.3) | |
| Tumor stage | |||
| I | 21 (50.0) | 30 (49.2) | > .999 |
| II | 0 | 0 | |
| III | 21 (50.0) | 31 (50.8) | |
| IV | 0 | 0 | |
Values are presented as number (%) or mean ± standard deviation.
mPTMC, multifocal papillary thyroid microcarcinoma.