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I got recently diagnosed with PTC. I have a small thyroid nodule 0.5cm on my isthmus. The nodule was an accidental finding 2 yrs ago and it was only 0.4cm. It is a tirads5 nodule.

My doctor decided to do an fnab on the nodule even if it is still small because my latest ultrasound result shows suspicious lymph nodes. The result of the nodule fnab is PTC Category VI while the lymph nodes are negative for malignant cells but it doesn’t guarantee yet that there is no spread as I am still yet to undergo TT.

I wonder how likely it is for a micro-carcinoma to spread to lymph nodes?