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Table 4.

Clinical Characteristics of 12 Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas Positive for RET/PTC

Histopathology	Size, cm	TNM	Sex	Age, years	RET fusion gene
PTC, classical variant	2.6	pT3N1aM1	Female	9	PTC1 (CCDC6)
PTC, classical variant	0.9	pT1aN1aM0	Female	12	PTC3 (NCOA4)
PTC, classical variant	2.8	pT2N1aM0	Female	17	PTC1 (CCDC6)
PTC, classical variant	3.2	pT2N1aM1	Female	17	PTC1 (CCDC6)
PTC, classical variant	1.9	pT1bN1bM0	Male	18	PTC1 (CCDC6)
PTC, diffuse sclerosing variant	Inf^a	pT?N1bMx	Female	5	PTC1 (CCDC6)
PTC, diffuse sclerosing variant	2.2	pT3N1bM0	Female	12	PTC1 (CCDC6)
PTC, diffuse sclerosing variant	5.6	pT3N1bM1	Female	13	PTC1 (CCDC6)
PTC, diffuse sclerosing variant	1.1	pT1bN1aM0	Female	16	PTC1 (CCDC6)
PTC, follicular variant, widely invasive	Inf^a	pT4aN1bMx	Female	11	PTC1 (CCDC6)
PTC, follicular variant, widely invasive	5	pT3N1bM0	Female	13	PTC1 (CCDC6)
PTC, mix classical, solid, follicular	Inf^a	pTxN1bM0	Male	4	PTC3 (NCOA4)

^{^a}

Infiltrative form of papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC) limiting the ability and value of reporting the tumor size.