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Background: Extra-thoracic solitary fibrous tumours (ESFT) have traditionally been regarded as indolent neoplasms similar to their intra-thoracic counterparts. However there has been some evidence that a subset of more aggressively malignant tumours exist. We examined our experience with these rare tumours in an effort to clarify their clinicopathological behaviour and relate this to their histopathological findings.

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Intraoperative assessment of parathormone is an accurate predictor of those patients who will become hypoparathyroid in the postoperative period. Intraoperative prediction allows for targeted autotransplantation of glands in those at risk and selected early institution of postoperative supplementation in these patients. Patients not identified as at risk can be safely discharged.

Follicular thyroid carcinoma results in metastases to regional lymph nodes in 7% of cases but only to the ipsilateral neck side. Tumor size is the only factor that impacts it. We do not recommend lymph node dissection in follicular thyroid carcinomas <4 cm.