Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma diagnosed in a patient presenting with hyperthyroidism

Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma is not uncommon and constitutes almost one third of all differentiated thyroid carcinomas. It is generally regarded as low risk and usually an incidental finding from histopathology examination. Some areas of management of this entity remains uncertain and requires a multidisciplinary approach. We present a patient who initially came to us with symptoms of hyperthyroidism, later underwent thyroidectomy for a suspicious lesion but was found to have micropapillary thyroid carcinoma in another part of her thyroid gland