Value of Qualitative and Quantitative Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Analysis in Preoperative Diagnosis of Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis From Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

Anthony E Samir Luzeng ChenJinghua LiuBin WangHui Zhang

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2019)

The characteristics of cervical lymph node metastasis from PTC on CEUS include centripetal perfusion, peripheral or mixed enhancement, and an enlarged range on CEUS compared with US, and the first feature was the most meaningful. The combination of CEUS and US is a promising imaging tool for the preoperative diagnosis of cervical metastatic lymph nodes in patients with PTC.

Keyphrases

lymph node metastasis
contrast enhanced ultrasound
squamous cell carcinoma
papillary thyroid
lymph node
high resolution
patients undergoing
small cell lung cancer
machine learning
systematic review
deep learning
early stage
locally advanced
mass spectrometry
photodynamic therapy
sentinel lymph node