Roles of ultrasonography and computed tomography in the surgical management of cervical lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid carcinoma
- Authors
- Lee, D. W.; Ji, Y. B.; Sung, E. S.; Park, J. S.; Lee, Y. J.; Park, D. W.; Tae, K.
- Issue Date
- Feb-2013
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Thyroid cancer; Carcinoma papillary; Lymphatic metastasis; Ultrasonography; Computed tomography
- Citation
- EJSO, v.39, no.2, pp.191 - 196
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- EJSO
- Volume
- 39
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 191
- End Page
- 196
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/163541
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ejso.2012.07.119
- ISSN
- 0748-7983
- Abstract
- Aims: Adequate evaluation and surgical management of cervical lymph node metastasis is very important in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of preoperative ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) on the surgical management of cervical lymph node metastases in PTC. Methods: Medical records and imaging findings were retrospectively analyzed for 252 patients with PTC who underwent thyroidectomy with neck dissection. Results: The sensitivity of both imaging techniques was lower in the central neck (US 23%, CT 41%) than in the lateral neck (US 70%, CT 82%). The specificities of US and CT were 97% and 90% in the central neck, and 84% and 64% in the lateral neck, respectively. Our surgical plans for therapeutic neck dissection were based on imaging findings in 59% of patients who underwent lateral compartment neck dissection and in 32.1% of patients who underwent central compartment neck dissection, respectively. Conclusions: The roles of preoperative US and CT in surgical planning for central compartment neck dissection in PTC are limited because of their low sensitivity in the central neck, but US and CT may be useful in cases with non-palpable lateral neck nodes.
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