GROSS DESCRIPTION

The thyroid gland was submitted as two separate (right and left) lobectomy specimens.  The left lobe measured 5.0 x 2.0 x 1.5cm and weighed 6 grams.  Cut surface revealed a well-circumscribed, yellow-tan nodule, 2.1 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm, without invasion through the thyroid capsule.  The right lobe measured 4.5 x 1.5 x 1.5cm and weighed 5 grams.  Cut surface revealed a well-circumscribed yellow-tan nodule, 0.8 x 0.8 x 0.8cm which was 0.2cm from the capsular margin.

A zone VI neck dissection measured 1.5 x 1.2 x 0.3cm.  No lymph nodes were grossly identified.