RESUMO
At Mayo Hospital Lahore, from August 2010 to April 2011. Was to determine the frequency of multifocality among all cases presented with papillary thyroid carcinoma [PTC] planned to undergo total thyroidectomy [TT]. Data of all patients of PTC was collected from inpatient department of East Surgical ward. All the patients underwent total thyroidectomy by same team of consultant surgeons. A total of 35 patients of PTC with mean age of 37.94 years were included. Multifocal tumor was found in 31.4%. Out of them, 72.7% were females and 27.3% males. This case series showed that a multifocality is highly prevalent in PTC and total thyroidectomy should be done as the treatment for PTC, to eliminate the additional tumor foci in thyroid gland and prevent its recurrence