Table 2. The clinicopathological characteristics of the 10 PTC patients.

Number	Age	Gender	Tumor size (cm)	Multicentricity	Extrathyroidal invasion	Lymphatic metastasis	TNM stage
1	38	Male	3	No	No	Yes	I
2	36	Female	1.8	No	Yes	No	I
3	26	Female	4	No	Yes	Yes	I
4	40	Male	2	No	No	No	I
5	55	Female	1.2	No	No	No	I
6	66	Female	1.2	No	No	Yes	II
7	41	Female	2.5	No	No	Yes	I
8	24	Female	2.5	No	No	Yes	I
9	53	Female	2	No	No	No	I
10	27	Female	3	No	No	Yes	I

PTC, papillary thyroid carcinoma.