21 October 2025 : Clinical Research
Comparative Outcomes of Microwave Ablation Versus Surgery for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma
Gang Hu AE 1, LiHua Xu B 1, WanJu Wang C 1*, Rui Zhou BF 2DOI: 10.12659/MSM.948460
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e948460
Figure 2 Patient was a 39-year old woman with right-sided papillary thyroid microcarcinoma who underwent microwave ablation treatment and, after 9 months, voluntarily requested bilateral total thyroidectomy (A) Postoperative pathological specimen, front view. (B) Postoperative pathological specimen, side view. (C) Postoperative pathological specimen (histological view, acquired at 100× magnification, a scale bar representing 50 μm). (D) Preoperative ultrasound showing a hypoechoic area on the right side. The software WPS Office, 12.1.0.21171, Kingsoft Corp was used for creation of figures.