Incidentally discovered papillary thyroid microcarcinomas are more frequently found in patients with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis than with multinodular goiter or Graves disease.

CONCLUSIONS: Incidentally discovered PTC are more commonly identified in surgical specimens from subjects with CLT as compared to patients with MNG, while patients with GD present with a lower incidence compared to both groups. This data supports previously published findings that euthyroid Hashimoto thyroiditis favors carcinogenesis, while GD may have a protective role. PMID: 31950881 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research