Background and Aims: To report the incidence of occult papillary carcinoma of thyroid in a tertiary care center in India in post‑laryngectomy specimen of carcinoma of hypopharynx. Settings and Design: Retrospective analysis. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of incidentally detected papillary carcinoma of thyroid in 358 patients of carcinoma of hypopharynx treated with total/near total laryngectomy at our tertiary care institute from 2005 to 2011.Statistical Analysis Used: Statistical analysis was performed using the software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 20.0 (IBM, NY, USA). Percentages were calculated.
Results: Thyroid cancer was seen in 7/358 patients with incidence of 2%. Five patients had tumor localized to thyroid gland only. One patient had nodal metastasis with thyroid cancer and one had only metastatic cervical node with normal thyroid gland…
