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Table 2 Demographics and pathology results of 25 patients with preoperative vocal cord Paralysis

From: Preoperative vocal cord paralysis and its association with malignant thyroid disease and other pathological features

Subject

Sex

Side

Largest nodule on U/S (cm) and side

Final pathology

Adverse pathological features

1

F

R

2.4 (right)

Medullary CA

 

2

M

L

1 (left)

Micropapillary CA

ETE

3

M

L

1.2 (left)

Micropapillary CA

 

4

M

L

1.2 (left)

Papillary CA

 

5

F

R

1.4 (right)

Follicular adenoma

 

6

M

R

1.6 (left)

Papillary CA

 

7

F

L

1.9 (left)

Nodular hyperplasia

 

8

F

L

2.15 (left)

Papillary CA

 

9

F

R

2.3 (right)

Papillary CA

 

10

F

L

2.4 (midline)

Follicular adenoma

 

11

F

L

2.7 (left)

Micropapillary CA

 

12

F

L

3 (left)

Papillary CA

 

13

F

L

1.7 (left)

Papillary CA

 

14

F

L

3.5 (left)

Nodular hyperplasia

 

15

F

R

Irregular, >3a

Papillary CA

ETE, PNI, LVI

16

M

L

5.5 (left)

Papillary CA

 

17

F

L

6.5 (left)

Nodular hyperplasia

 

18

F

R

7.7a(right)

Papillary CA

 

19

M

L

9.1 (left)

Papillary CA

ETE, LVI

20

F

L

7 (left)

Nodular hyperplasia

 

21

M

L

0.7 (left)

Micropapillary CA

 

22

F

L

No imagingc

Osteosarcomab

 

23

F

R

1.5 (right)

Papillary CA

 

24

F

L

No imagingc

Poorly differentiated CA

 

25

F

L

No imagingc

Papillary (tall cell variant) CA

ETE, PNI, LVI

  1. (M male, F female, U/S ultrasound, CA carcinoma, ETE extrathyroidal extension, PNI perineural invasion, LVI lymphovascular invasion)
  2. aMeasure obtained from a CT Scan. No U/S available for this patient
  3. bSee discussion section regarding this finding
  4. cThese patients did not have preoperative imaging as they arrived in respiratory distress