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ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2022

What you see might not be what you get: Analysis of 15 prospective cases of non-invasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP).

Mohamed S Al Hassan, Walid El Ansari, Hamzah El Baba, Mahir Petkar, Abdelrahman Abdelaal

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Article in International journal of surgery case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohamed S Al HassanDepartment of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Walid El AnsariDepartment of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar; College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, Doha, Qatar; School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, Skovde, Sweden. Electronic address: welansari9@gmail.com.
Hamzah El BabaDepartment of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Mahir PetkarDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Abdelrahman AbdelaalDepartment of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Hamad General Hospital · QAUniversity of Skövde · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionNoninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear (NIFTP) is a new entity. No previous study reported prospective cases, outlining using many quantitative and qualitative variables.

methodsRetrospective analysis of all (15) prospective NIFTP cases diagnosed between 2017 and 2021 at our institution. Statistical quantitative analysis outlined demographic, history, ultrasound, histopathology and treatment characteristics. Qualitative analysis examined the cases, with details provided on three cases to highlight the different possible presentations and configurations.

resultsMean age was 41.5 ± 9.91 years, 73.3% were females, and mean BMI was 29.49 ± 5.74 kg/m

conclusionWe found discrepancies in the site and diagnosis of the preoperative US recommendation for the FNAC vs the postoperative histopathology of the specimen. These suggest that NIFTP might be incidentally and postoperatively diagnosed, irrespective of US or FNAC findings, hence its 'true' incidence might remain underestimated. As NIFTP cases higher BMI, Future research could predict preoperative diagnosis of NIFTP and explore associations with BMI.

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Follicular thyroid neoplasmNIFTPNoduleNoninvasivePapillary-like nuclear featuresPapillary thyroid carcinoma

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