Lymph Node Metastasis and Extrathyroidal Extension in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in Cyprus: Suspicious Subcentimeter Nodules Should Undergo FNA When Multifocality is Suspected

Table 1

Patient and disease characteristics.

Characteristics	Categories	Frequency (%)
Gender	Male	21 (20.6)
	Female	81 (80.4)
Age	<55	79 (77.5)
	≥55	23 (22.5)
Family history	Yes	15 (14.7)
	No	87 (85.3)
Multifocality	Yes	22 (21.6)
	No	80 (79.4)
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis	Yes	32 (31.4)
	No	70 (69.6)
Grave’s disease	Yes	3 (2.9)
	No	99 (97.1)
Tumor size (mm)		Mean (sd)
		5.94 (0.22)
Tumor size	≤5 mm	47 (46.1)
	>5 mm	55 (53.9)
ETE	Yes	28 (27.5)
	No	74 (72.5)
LN metastasis	Yes	24 (23.5)
	No	78 (77.5)
Level LN metastasis	Central	16 (15.7)
	Lateral	4 (3.9)
	Central and lateral	4 (3.9)