Clinicopathological characteristics

Group (A)

<30 years

No.

Group (B)

30 - 45 years

No.

Group (C)

>45 years

No.

Sex

Female:Male

3.6:1

3.5:1

3.4:1

Cervical lymph node involvement

20

17

8

Distant Metastasis

2

4

2

Capsular invasion

13

21

20

Extra thyroid soft tissue invasion

2

6

14

Surgery

Subtotal thyroidectomy

11

13

5

Near-total thyroidectomy

35

43

26

Lymph node dissection

13

15

10

Size of the tumor in cm (Median)

2.65

2.95

3.15

Histopathologic subtype

Papillary

43

61

51

Follicular

4

7

8