Reliable sonographic features for nodal thyroglobulin to diagnose recurrent lymph node metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma.
H-J JiangFeng-Yu ChiangF-Y ChiangH-Y C ChiouI-J ChenPi-Jung HsiaoPublished in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery (2018)
LN-FNA-Tg is an excellent tool to quantitatively diagnose nodal metastasis. To achieve ideal diagnosis, the most reliable sonographic features were cystic content, hyperechoic content and the absence of hilum in lymph nodes, but not calcification or Solbiati index < 2.