Clinical and ultrasonic risk factors for high‐volume central lymph node metastasis in cN0 papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: A retrospective study and meta‐analysis

• Published in: Clinical endocrinology (Oxford) Vol. 98; no. 4; pp. 609 - 621
• Main Authors: Wang, Zhiyuan, Gui, Zhiqiang, Wang, Zhihong, Huang, Jiapeng, He, Liang, Dong, Wenwu, Zhang, Dalin, Zhang, Ting, Shao, Liang, Shi, Jinyuan, Wu, Pu, Ji, Xiaoyu, Zhang, Hao, Sun, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Blood flow; Diagnosis; Humans; lymph node metastasis; Lymph nodes; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymphatic Metastasis - pathology; Lymphatic system; Male; Meta-analysis; Metastases; Metastasis; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Patients; Phenotypes; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Statistical analysis; thyroid; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid gland; Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology; Thyroiditis; Tumors; Ultrasonics; meta-analysis; thyroid cancer; thyroid; lymph node metastasis

Objective Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) comprises more than 50% of all newly detected cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). High‐volume lymph node metastasis (involving >5 lymph nodes) (hv‐LNM) is associated with PTMC recurrence. In half of the clinically node‐negative (cN0) PTMC...