Table 3.

Patient Population With Lymph Node Metastases

Pt	Age	Size mm	Histology	Bilateral	Multifocal	ETE	LN Mets	Dis Mets
7	< 45	9	PTMC	–	–	–	+	–
1	< 45	8	PTMCvF	–	+	+	+	–
8	≥ 45	6	PTMC	–	–	–	+	–
3	≥ 45	5	PTMC	–	+	+	+	–
2	≥ 45	3	PTMCvS	+	+	–	+	–
5	< 45	3	PTMC	–	+	–	+	–
6	≥ 45	3	PTMCvF	+	+	–	+	+
4	≥ 45	2.5	PTMCvS	–	+	–	+	–
9	≥ 45	2	PMTCvF	–	–	–	+	–

Pt patient, Bilateral bilaterality, Multifocal multifocality, ETE extra-thyroidal extension, LN Mets lymph node metastasis, Dis Mets distant metastasis, PTMC papillary thyroid microcarcinoma, vF variant follicular, vS variant sclerosing

+, present; -, absent

Bold values, LN metastasis in absence of any other high risk features