Clinical features and imaging examination assessment of cervical lymph nodes for thyroid carcinoma

• Published in: BMC cancer Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 1225 - 9
• Main Authors: Wei, Bei, Yao, Jincao, Peng, Chanjuan, Zhao, Shanshan, Wang, Hui, Wang, Liping, Zhu, Xi, Kong, Yuting, Chen, Liyu, Xu, Dong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 12.12.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Airway management; Biopsy; Cancer; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Papillary - pathology; Cervical carcinoma; Cervical lymph node Metastasis; Clinical characteristics; Computed tomography; CT imaging; Development and progression; Diagnosis; Diagnostic imaging; Dissection; Evaluation; Female; Health aspects; Hospitals; Humans; Lymph nodes; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymphatic Metastasis - diagnostic imaging; Lymphatic Metastasis - pathology; Lymphatic system; Male; Metastases; Metastasis; Methods; Middle Aged; Nodules; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Thoracic surgery; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid Cancer, Papillary - pathology; Thyroid carcinoma; Thyroid Neoplasms - complications; Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery; Thyroidectomy; Thyroiditis; Tomography; Tumors; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasound; China; United States > US; Clinical characteristics; CT; Cervical lymph node Metastasis; Ultrasound; Thyroid carcinoma

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between clinical characteristics and cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with thyroid carcinoma, as well as estimate the preoperative diagnosis values of ultrasound (US) and contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) examina...