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Papillary microcarcinoma is a subset of papillary thyroid cancer defined as measuring less than or equal to 1 cm. [15] The highest incidence of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma in an autopsy series was reported by Harach et al. in 1985, who found 36 of 101 consecutive autopsies to have an incidental microcarcinoma. [16]
Thyroid cancer accounts for less than 1% of cancer cases and deaths in the UK. Around 2,700 people were diagnosed with thyroid cancer in the UK in 2011, and around 370 people died from the disease in 2012. [70] However, in South Korea, thyroid cancer was the 5th most prevalent cancer, which accounted for 7.7% of new cancer cases in 2020. [71]
Thyroid neoplasm is a neoplasm or tumor of the thyroid. It can be a benign tumor such as thyroid adenoma, [1] or it can be a malignant neoplasm (thyroid cancer), such as papillary, follicular, medullary or anaplastic thyroid cancer. [2] Most patients are 25 to 65 years of age when first diagnosed; women are more affected than men.
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The following is a list of cancer types. Cancer is a group of diseases that involve abnormal increases in the number of cells , with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [ 1 ]
Most are of papillary carcinoma type. Papillary thyroid carcinoma 3 mm or lager can be detected, and easily diagnosed using ultrasound-guided FNAC. A screening study for thyroid cancer on Japanese adult women using ultrasonography and ultrasound guided FNAC reported 3.5% of the subjects having small thyroid cancer. [4]
Nuclear grooves (arrows indicate one of them) in papillary thyroid cancer. H&E stain. Cytopathology of papillary thyroid carcinoma, with typical features, with nuclear groove at bottom right. Pap stain. A nuclear groove is an invagination of the nuclear envelope, in the longitudinal axis. [1] It can be present in: