Lymph Node Metastasis and Extrathyroidal Extension in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in Cyprus: Suspicious Subcentimeter Nodules Should Undergo FNA When Multifocality is Suspected.
Christos PapaioannouDemetris LamnisosKaterina KyriacouTheodoros LyssiotisVasilis ConstantinidesSavvas FrangosAliki EconomidesPanayiotis A EconomidesPublished in: Journal of thyroid research (2020)
The presence of LN metastasis and ETE in our PTMC patients in Cyprus is frequent. Neck U/S mapping is a highly reliable and accurate tool in identifying metastatic nodes. LN metastasis is associated with ETE and multifocality. Suspicious subcentimeter nodules should undergo FNA irrespective of size when multifocality is suspected.
Keyphrases
- papillary thyroid
- lymph node metastasis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- fine needle aspiration
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- high resolution
- newly diagnosed
- pulmonary embolism
- small cell lung cancer
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- ultrasound guided
- radiation therapy
- early stage
- mass spectrometry
- lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy