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Table 2 The characteristics of recurrent cases

From: Total thyroidectomy may be more reasonable as initial surgery in unilateral multifocal papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a single-center experience

Patient

Age/sex

Max tumor size(mm)

ETE

No. of foci

Primary tumor laterality

TNM stage

Sum diameter of all tumors

CLNR

CLNM

Initial operation

Time to recurrence (month)

Site of locoregional recurrence

1

42/F

0.8

+

4

L

I

1.9

1/6

+

HT

5

Contralateral lobe

2

56/M

0.4

2

L

III

0.8

3/5

+

HT

78

Contralateral lobe

3

67/F

0.5

4

L

III

1.8

1/6

+

HT

25

Contralateral lobe

4

34/M

0.5

2

L

I

0.7

1/6

+

HT

92

Contralateral lobe

5

37/M

0.7

3

R

I

1.7

0/5

HT

35

Contralateral lobe

6

71/F

0.5

2

L

III

0.9

4/5

+

HT

37

Ipsilateral central

7

65/F

0.4

3

L

I

1.1

0/4

HT

48

Contralateral lobe

8

43/M

0.3

3

R

I

0.9

1/5

+

HT

63

Contralateral lobe

9

47/M

0.9

2

L

III

1.6

1/8

+

HT

66

Contralateral lobe

10

48/F

0.4

2

R

III

0.7

3/7

+

HT

73

Contralateral lobe

11

51/M

0.4

5

R

III

1.9

3/5

+

HT

83

Contralateral lobe

12

52/F

0.9

+

2

R

III

1.3

2/6

+

HT

89

Contralateral lobe

13

24/M

0.8

4

R

I

2.2

2/9

+

HT

103

Contralateral lobe

14

39/F

0.8

+

3

R

I

1.1

3/11

+

HT

91

Contralateral lobe

15

65/M

0.3

2

R

III

0.6

1/8

+

HT

67

Contralateral lobe

16

48/F

0.5

+

3

L

IV

1.4

1/11

+

TT

81

Contralateral central

17

66/F

0.5

+

3

R

IV

1.4

2/4

+

TT

102

Ipsilateral lateral

  1. ETE extrathyroid extension, CLNR central lymph node ratio, CLNM central lymph node metastasis