Comparison of papillary thyroid carcinomas with parathyroid involvement and those without parathyroid involvement
| Parathyroid involvement | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n1 = 14) | No | ||||
| With histology (n2 = 164) | p Value (n1 v n2) | Total number (n3 = 341) | p Value (n1 v n3) | ||
| *Nodal status was not examined in 43 cases, and their stages were unavailable for evaluation; †including lobectomy, lobectomy with ischmectomy, ischmectomy, and enuclation; ‡total thyroidectomy, near total thyroidectomy, or subtotal thyroidectomy. | |||||
| Age (mean) | 60.4 | 49.8 | 0.0030 | 49.1 | 0.0017 |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 10 | 154 | 0.0027 | 324 | 0.0002 |
| Male | 4 | 10 | 17 | ||
| Tumour size (cm) | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.1661 | 1.9 | 0.2713 |
| Multiplicity | |||||
| Single | 8 | 123 | 0.1457 | 244 | 0.2442 |
| Multiple | 6 | 41 | 97 | ||
| Extrathyroid invasion | |||||
| No | 1 | 75 | 0.0051 | 178 | 0.0010 |
| Yes | 13 | 89 | 163 | ||
| Nodal metastasis* | |||||
| No | 1 | 45 | 0.0819 | 84 | 0.0839 |
| Yes | 13 | 112 | 214 | ||
| Lung metastasis | |||||
| No | 12 | 163 | 0.0001 | 337 | 0.0002 |
| Yes | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Stage* | |||||
| I/II | 2 | 87 | 0.0032 | 167 | 0.0022 |
| III/IV | 12 | 70 | 131 | ||
| Recurrence | |||||
| No | 12 | 154 | 0.2409 | 319 | 0.2525 |
| Yes | 2 | 10 | 22 | ||
| Surgery | |||||
| Lobectomy† | 3 | 69 | 0.1309 | 147 | 0.1075 |
| Thyroidectomy‡ | 11 | 95 | 194 | ||