Items tagged “thyroid malignancy”
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Papillary thyroid cancer
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common malignancy of the thyroid gland and frequently has nodal metastases at presentation.
Terminology
When the tumor measures <1 cm, the term micropapillary carcinoma (mPTC) is used 14.
Epidemiology
Papillary thyroid cancer (as is the case wit...
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McGill thyroid nodule score
The McGill thyroid nodule score (MTNS) is a scoring system developed to estimate the risk of malignancy of thyroid nodules 1.
Scoring system
The MTNS is based on 22 parameters:
eight clinical or laboratory parameters
gender (male): 1 point
age (>45 years old): 1 point
palpable nodule (pres...