Clinicopathological features of incidentally detected metastatic thyroid papillary carcinoma in cervical lymph nodes of non-thyroid cancer patients: a retrospective analysis of 31cases.

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BACKGROUND: The incidental finding of thyroid inclusions in lymph nodes of neck dissections of non-thyroid cancer patients is an unusual event. It is still controversial for pathologists about whether this represents benign inclusions or metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). This study is to analyze clinicopathological features of such cases in an attempt to explore their clinical implications. METHODS:...

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