Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Using Arterial Phase CT for Lateral Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis from Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

Jie Eun Park Jeong Hyun Lee Kyeong Hwa Ryu Hyesun Park Mi Sun Chung H W Kim Young Jun Choi Jung-Hwan Baek

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2017)

A combination of 25-second delay CT and 75 mL of iodinated IV contrast can improve the diagnostic accuracy for lateral lymph node metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma compared with a combination of a 35- or 70-second delay with 100-mL of iodinated IV contrast.

Keyphrases

lymph node metastasis
papillary thyroid
contrast enhanced
squamous cell carcinoma
image quality
magnetic resonance
dual energy
computed tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
minimally invasive
positron emission tomography
pet ct