Pathology report

Here are the bullet points of my pathology report, just to help anyone else who is going through this and reading my blog (or for the curious!)

A,C) THYROID, RIGHT LOBE AND LEFT LOBE, RESECTION: PAPILLARY THYROID
CARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR VARIANT TYPE. 
1. TUMOR SIZE: 1.1 X 0.8 X 0.7 CM. 


2. TUMOR LOCATION: RIGHT LOBE. 


3. TUMOR CAPSULE: TOTALLY ENCAPSULATED. 


4. NO INVASION OF EXTRA THYROIDAL TISSUES IDENTIFIED. 


5. SPECIMEN MARGINS: UNINVOLVED BY TUMOR. 


6. TWO BENIGN CAPSULAR LYMPH NODES IDENTIFIED, NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY. 


7. LYMPHOVASCULAR INVASION: NOT IDENTIFIED. 


8. PERINEURAL INVASION: NOT IDENTIFIED. 


9. PATHOLOGIC STAGE: pT1b, pN0, pMX. 

B) SOFT TISSUES, RIGHT CENTRAL COMPARTMENT BIOPSIES: TWO SMALL LYMPH NODES IDENTIFIED, NO EVIDENCE OF METASTATIC CARCINOMA.


They surveyed the crap out of my tissues and found no cancer, anywhere else. Just the one!