The Utility of Intraoperative Frozen Section for The Evaluation of Microscopic Extrathyroidal Extension in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

The Utility of Intraoperative Frozen Section for The Evaluation of Microscopic Extrathyroidal Extension in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

Clin Otolaryngol. 2017 Feb 06;:

Authors: Hong JC, Seo JW, Jang AL, Suh SH, Pak MG, Han SH, Park YJ, Lee DK, Park HS, Kang MK

Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study is designed to evaluate the usefulness of intraoperative frozen section for the evaluation of microscopic extrathyroidal extension (ETE) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).
DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study.
SETTING: Dong-A University Medical Center, Busan, Korea PARTICIPANTS: Three hundred sixty-four patients who underwent thyroid surgery from January 2000 to December 2010, with PTC confined to one unilateral lobe as diagnosed using preoperative ultrasonography were enrolled.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The patients who had microscopic ETE on frozen section were classified into 'group A', and those who did not have microscopic ETE on frozen section were classified into 'group B' Clinicopathologic factors including age, gender, size of the tumor, extent of operation, ETE, multifocality, bilaterality, lymph node metastasis and recurrence were compared between the two groups.
RESULTS: Of the 364 patients enrolled, ETE was confirmed in 100 patients (group A, 27.5%) on frozen biopsy. The nodule size in group A (0.94 ± 0.87 cm) was larger than that in group B (0.86 ± 0.79 cm) (p=0.042). In group A, 15 patients (15%) showed multifocality and 11 patients (14.47%) showed bilaterality. In group B, 37 patients (14.02%) showed multifocality and 7 patients (43.35%) showed bilaterality. They did not differ significantly between the two groups (p=0.811, p=0.182). There was a higher frequency of lymph node metastases in group A (52/86, 60.47%) than in group B (7/16, 43.75%, p=0.214). Recurrence was observed in only two patients who had received thyroid lobectomy as the initial surgery in group A.
CONCLUSIONS: Intraoperative frozen biopsy can be an useful method for identifying the microscopic ETE. During the surgery, it can also help the surgeon to decide the optimal extent of surgery and the need for CCND in PTC patients. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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