Table 3.

Details and outcomes of patients with regional recurrence

Patient	Multifocality status	Histological details	Time to recurrence (years)	Level of recurrence	Management of recurrence	Final Outcome - ATA* response to treatment
1	MFD†	Classical Variant, 1.3 cm, no VI§, mETE‖, negative margins	1.2	Ipsilateral Level 3	CT¶ + MRND#	NED†† - Excellent
2	UFD‡	Classical Variant, 1.4 cm, focal VI, no ETE, negative margins	6.0	Ipsilateral Level 2	CT + MRND	NED – Indeterminate
3	MFD	Classical Variant, 0.8 cm, no VI, no ETE, positive margins	10.6	Contralateral Level 2,4	CT + MRND	NED – Excellent
4	MFD	Follicular Variant, 1.8 cm, no VI, no ETE, positive margins	11.3	Contralateral Level 6	CT + TEGD**	NED - Indeterminate
5	UFD	Classical Variant, 1.7 cm, no VI, no ETE, negative margins	15.3	Ipsilateral Level 4	CT + MRND	NED - Unknown

^*ATA – American Thyroid Association

^†MFD – multifocal disease

^‡UFD – unifocal disease

^§VI – vascular invasion

^‖mETE – microscopic extrathyroidal extension

^¶CT – completion thyroidectomy

^#MRND – modified radical neck dissection

^**TEGD – tracheoesophageal groove dissection

^††NED – no evidence of disease