A 14 year old girl presents with a 2 cm left-sided thyroid nodule. She has clinically palpable locoregional lymph nodes confirmed by US. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) demonstrates papillary thyroid carcinoma. The best treatment for this patient is:
A Left hemithyroidectomy only
B Total thyroidectomy and removal of only clinically significant lymph nodes (“berry picking”)
C Total thyroidectomy and central compartment lymph node dissection
D Total thyroidectomy only followed by radioactive iodine
A Left hemithyroidectomy only
B Total thyroidectomy and removal of only clinically significant lymph nodes (“berry picking”)
C Total thyroidectomy and central compartment lymph node dissection
D Total thyroidectomy only followed by radioactive iodine
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