Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Preoperative Evaluation of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Invasiveness

• Published in: Frontiers in oncology Vol. 11; p. 795302
• Main Authors: Chen, Lei, Chen, Luzeng, Liang, Zhenwei, Shao, Yuhong, Sun, Xiuming, Liu, Jinghua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 14.01.2022
• Subjects: contrast-enhanced ultrasound; extracapsular extension; invasiveness; lymph node metastasis; Oncology; papillary thyroid carcinoma; extracapsular extension; invasiveness; papillary thyroid carcinoma; contrast-enhanced ultrasound; lymph node metastasis

To evaluate the diagnostic performance of preoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the detection of extracapsular extension (ECE) and cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and the added value of CEUS in the evaluation of PTC invasiveness to conventional...