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. 2021 Dec 9;11(1):e210020. doi: 10.1530/ETJ-21-0020

Table 1.

Clinicopathological Features of DSV-PTV at diagnosis.

Variables
Sex, n (%)
 Female 26 (78.8)
 Male 7 (21.2)
Age (years), x ± s, min–máx 29.4 ± 11.7, 10–65
Positive TPO antibodies (n  = 11), n (%) 6 (66.7)
Positive anti-Tg antibodies (n  = 33), n (%) 14 (42.4)
Hypothyroidism (n  = 33), n (%) 3 (9.1)
Palpable goiter/adenopathy (n  = 29), n (%) 28 (84.8)
 Goiter 20 (60.6)
 Adenopathy 8 (24.2)
Previous cytological data suspicious/diagnostic of malignancy (n  = 21), n (%) 21 (100)
Bilaterality (n  = 33), n (%) 24 (72.7)
Diffuse pattern (uni/bi) (n  = 33), n (%) 22 (71.4) (2/20)
Extrathyroidal extension (n  = 29), n (%) 15 (51.7)
Lymphovascular invasion (n  = 29), n (%) 14 (48.3)
Psammomatous bodies (n  = 29), n (%) 9 (27.6)
Lymphocytic infiltrate (n  = 29), n (%) 14 (48.3)
Thyroid capsular invasion (n  = 29), n (%) 19 (65.5)
TNM staging (n  = 33), n (%)
 T1a/1b 1 (3.0)/0 (0)
 T2 7 (21.2)
 T3 14 (42.4)
 T4a/4b 4 (12.1)/1 (3.0)
 Tx 6 (18.2)
 N0 6 (18.2)
 N1a/1b 7 (21.2)/20 (60.6)
Number of resected lymph nodes per patient, Med (Q1;Q3), min–máx (n  = 26) 16.5 (1.5; 46), 0–74
Number of total metastatic lymph nodes per patient, Med (Q1;Q3), min–máx (n  = 26) 9.5 (0; 16.8), 0–45

anti-Tg, antithyroglobulin; Bi, bilateral; Uni, unilateral.