Locally advanced thyroid cancer: can CT help in prediction of extrathyroidal invasion to adjacent structures?

• Published in: American journal of roentgenology (1976) Vol. 195; no. 3; pp. W240 - W244
• Main Authors: Seo, Young Lan, Yoon, Dae Young, Lim, Kyoung Ja, Cha, Ji Hyeon, Yun, Eun Joo, Choi, Chul Soon, Bae, Sang Hoon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2010
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Invasiveness - diagnostic imaging; Predictive Value of Tests; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods

The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of CT for detecting extrathyroidal invasion of thyroid cancer to adjacent structures. Eighty-four patients (19 men, 65 women; age range, 19-84 years; mean, 54.2 +/- 15.4 years) with 86 malignant tumors of the thyroid with extracapsul...