Efficacy of Shear-Wave Elastography for Detecting Postoperative Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

Hye Jeong KimIn Ho ChoiSo-Young JinHyeong Kyu ParkDong Won ByunKyoil SuhMyung Hi Yoo

Published in: International journal of endocrinology (2018)

The shear elasticity index of EMax, with higher likelihood ratios for malignant LNs, may help identify postoperative cervical LN metastasis in PTC patients with indeterminate or suspicious LNs.

Keyphrases

lymph node metastasis
squamous cell carcinoma
patients undergoing
papillary thyroid
fine needle aspiration
lymph node