Preoperative Prediction of Central Lymph Node Metastasis in Thyroid Papillary Microcarcinoma Using Clinicopathologic and Sonographic Features

• Published in: World journal of surgery Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 385 - 391
• Main Authors: Kim, Kyung-Eun, Kim, Eun-Kyung, Yoon, Jung Hyun, Han, Kyung Hwa, Moon, Hee Jung, Kwak, Jin Young
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.02.2013; Springer‐Verlag; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; American Thyroid Association; Carcinoma, Papillary - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Papillary - pathology; Carcinoma, Papillary - surgery; Cardiac Surgery; Decision Support Techniques; Female; General Surgery; Humans; Large Tumor Size; Logistic Models; Lymph Node Metastasis; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Neck Dissection; Neoplasm Staging; Odds Ratio; Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma; Preoperative Care; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Thyroid Cancer; Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology; Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery; Thyroidectomy; Ultrasonography; Vascular Surgery; Young Adult; Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma; Large Tumor Size; American Thyroid Association; Lymph Node Metastasis; Thyroid Cancer

Background The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinicopathologic factors and ultrasound (US) features predictive of central lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients diagnosed with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). Methods From March 2008 to August 2008, the clinicopathologic f...