[Clinical-morphological aspects in the diagnosis of microcarcinoma of the thyroid gland]

Retrospective analysis of clinical and morphological diagnosis of papillary microcarcinoma (PMC) of the thyroid gland in 202 patients is presented. Frequent concurrence of the tumor with different kinds of thyroid pathology, the tendency for multifocal spread are noted. The authors have tried to find out a correlation between the PMC morphological features and clinical signs.