Open Total Thyroidectomy and Central Neck Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Cancer in the Setting of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
Allison S. Letica-Kriegel, MD, MSc; Antonia E. Stephen, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common type of thyroid malignancy. While prognosis is overall favorable, many patients present with clinically positive lymph nodes, most commonly in the central neck compartment. Total thyroidectomy with central lymph node dissection is the treatment of choice in these patients.