Table 1.
Summary of thyroid cases for tissues imaged ex vivo using the benchtop OCT system.
| Gender | Age | Demographic | PreOp Diagnosis | Procedure | Final PostOp Diagnosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | -- | -- | suspicious thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | follicular adenoma |
| F | 65 | white, non-Hisp. | suspicious thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | follicular neoplasm |
| F | -- | -- | suspicious thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | nodular goiter |
| M | 42 | -- | suspicious left thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | papillary microcarcinoma, follicular adenoma, multinodular goiter |
| F | 35 | white, non-Hisp. | multinodal goiter | completion thyroidectomy | multinodular colloid goiter |
| F | -- | -- | suspicious thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | multinodal goiter |
| F | 24 | -- | papillary thyroid carcinoma | total thyroidectomy with right central neck dissection | papillary thyroid carcinoma, 12/16 positive nodes |
| F | white, non-Hisp. | suspicious thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | colloid goiter with focal adenomatous nodules. | |
| F | 31 | white, non-Hisp. | Graves’ disease | total thyroidectomy | papillary thyroid microcarcinoma two benign parathyroid glands (one intrathyroidal) |
| F | 74 | white, non-Hisp. | suspicious thyroid nodule | completion thyroidectomy | multinodular thyroid with adenomatous nodules, and focal Hurthle cell adenomatous nodule (left lobe) |
| F | 64 | white, non-Hisp. | papillary microcarcinoma | completion thyroidectomy | multinodular goiter and focal changes (papillary microcarcinoma). |
| F | -- | -- | suspicious thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | benign thyroid with diffuse hyperplasia |
| M | 71 | white, non-Hisp. | papillary carcinoma, right lobe. | total thyroidectomy | multinodular colloid goiter with Hurthle cell changes, lymphoid |
| F | 66 | -- | multinodal goiter | total thyroidectomy | multinodular colloid goiter with post biopsy site changes |
| F | -- | -- | suspicious thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | papillary microcarcinoma, multinodular goiter |
| F | -- | white, non-Hisp. | suspicious thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | goiter with hyperplastic changes, focal chronic inflammation, and focal entrapped parathyroid tissue; no malignancy is seen. |
| F | 21 | white, non-Hisp. | suspicious thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | benign thyroid with diffuse hyperplasia, goiter |
| F | 28 | white, non-Hisp. | left thyroid nodule | left hemithyroidectomy | nodular goiter with foci of chronic inflammation |
| F | 65 | non-Hisp., Afric. Amer. | toxic multinodular goiter | total thyroidectomy | toxic multinodular goiter |
| F | 56 | white, non-Hisp. | toxic multinodular goiter | total thyroidectomy | multinodular goiter with adenomatous follicular hyperplasia |
| F | 66 | -- | multinodal goiter | total thyroidectomy | multinodular colloid goiter with dystrophic calcification |
| F | 50 | -- | papillary thyroid carcinoma | total thyroidectomy | papillary carcinoma |
| F | white, non-Hisp. | suspicious thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | apillary carcinoma multiple benign colloid nodules and focal adenomatous hyperplasia. | |
| F | 26 | -- | suspicious thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | follicular carcinoma colloid goiter with adenomatous nodule |
| F | 69 | -- | Hurthle cell neoplasm | total thyroidectomy. | left thyroid nodule suspicious for Hurthle cell neoplasm |
| F | 81 | -- | suspicious thyroid nodule | total thyroidectomy | papillary carcinoma, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. |
| F | 46 | -- | papillary thyroid carcinoma | total thyroidectomy, limited central neck dissection | papillary carcinoma, follicular variant.0/6 lymph nodes |
| F | -- | -- | multinodular goiter/follicular neoplasm | total thyroidectomy | multiple follicular nodules; outside consultation pending |