RESUMO
The rate of the highly differentiated thyroid microcarcinoma methastasizing in central (6th) group of cervical lymph nodes was studied. In the clinic in 2013 - 2015 yrs 62 patients were operated for primary thyroid microcarcinoma. In accordance to TNM (UICC, AJCC, 2009) classification, papillary cancer in stage TlaNOMO was diagnosed in 35 (56.5%) patients, T1aN1MO - in 22 (35.5%); follicular cancer stage T1aNOMO - in 2 (3.2%); papillary cancer, follicular variant in stage T1aN1 MO - in 2 (3.2%); follicu- lar cancer, papillary variant in stage T1aNOMO - in 1 (1.6%). In 8 (12.9%) patients intraorgan multifocal metastasizing into contralateral thyroid lobe was revealed. In accordance to morphological investigation date of the excised samples, in 24 (38.7%) patients the metastases into the 6th group lymph nodes were revealed. In 4 (16.7%) patients, to whom lateral cervical lymphodissection was done, metastases in 2 - 5th groups of lymph nodes on the thyroid affection side were revealed.
