CASES OF INCIDENTAL PAPILLARY CARCINOMA IN THYROIDECTOMY MATERIALS IN THE ELDERLY

Yanik S., Karaca T., Akkoca A. N., Ozdemir Z. T., Kaynar A., Cincin T. G., ...More

ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA, vol.30, no.5, pp.1012-1014, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Journal Name: ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1012-1014
  • Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Papillary microcarcinomas constitute more than half of thyroid cancers and incidentally detected between 2.7% and 36% ratios in all age groups in autopsy studies. Our aim in this study was to evaluate the incidental papillary thyroid carcinoma in surgical materials sent to the pathology department of 60 years and older patients.