Prognostic Factors in Papillary Microcarcinoma with Emphasis on Histologic Subtyping: A Clinicopathologic Study of 148 Cases

Abstract

(i) The size and histotype of the MN are predictors of outcome in PMC and should be recorded. (ii) The very rare PMC patients who suffer recurrence or even die of disease have usually aggressive histopathologic features at presentation. (iii) PMC patients with nodal disease that is small or absent at presentation are at a very low risk of recurrence and may be spared radioactive iodine therapy.