TG and differentiated thyroid carcinoma: Most of the series studied have advocated total thyroidectomy for the surgical treatment of the thyroid differentiated carcinoma, simply because this procedure has advantages, such as: a greater sensitivity regarding the level of thyroglobulin to assess the recurrent disease, especially distant ones; ease of detection and ablation for distant metastasis by radiotherapy; prevent the possibility of residual thyroid differentiated carcinoma to turn anaplastic; and greater survival with a lower rate of recurrence3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.