OBJECTIVE: The study of papillary microcarcinoma observed during the thyroidectomies in our private clinic. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We reviewed clinical and histopathological results of 1,930 consecutive patients submitted for thyroidectomies in the period from 2002 to 2006, 606 had thyroid carcinomas but only 332 were papillary microcarcinoma. We studied gender, age, histologic type, size, multifocality, frequency of neck dissection, and results of Whole Body Scan and thyroglobulin. RESULTS: Overall, we found 48 males and 146 older than 45 years old. […]