Table 2 Clinical, sonographic and pathological characteristics between DSVPTC cases in diffuse and focal group
DSVPTCs in diffuse group (n = 6) | DSVPTCs in focal group (n = 4) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 29.8 ± 9.7 | 45.3 ± 18.3 | 0.117 |
Sex | 0.400 | ||
Male | 0 | 1 | |
Female | 6 | 3 | |
Ultrasound findings | |||
Thyroid enlargement | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
Heterogeneous background | 6 | 2 | 0.133 |
Abundant flow signals | 5 | 1 | 0.190 |
Suspicious metastatic cervical lymph node | 5 | 3 | 1.000 |
Multifocality | 4 | 3 | 1.000 |
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis | 5 | 2 | 0.673 |
Metastatic cervical lymph nodes | |||
Cases | 6 | 4 | 1.000 |
Number | 23.3 ± 16.0 | 14.3 ± 10.1 | 0.347 |