Occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland: a study of 140 cases observed in a 30-year period.

摘要: ABSTRACT Of 140 occult papillary carcinomas treated surgically at the Mayo Clinic over a 30-year period, 58 were associated with nodal metastasis and 82 found incidental to thyroid operations for other conditions. patients metastasis, 4 have died from causes unrelated carcinoma 1 patient is untraced. The remainder are alive, without evidence of carcinoma, three thirty-two years after operation. 11 dead known than carcinoma. living periods ranging up thirty years, in none either local or distant developed, although few differences noted. Histologically, no clear-cut line could be drawn between those lesions discovered operation variety disorders.