Cystic appearance of cervical lymph nodes is characteristic of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-25

  Kessler, Ada ^a   Rappaport, Yoram ^a   Blank, Annat ^a   Marmor, Sylvia ^a   Weiss, Judith ^a   Graif, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervical lymph node; Color Doppler ultra sonography; Cystic changes; Fine needle aspiration; High resolution ultrasonography; Papillary carcinoma of thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0037216595     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10130     Document Type: Article

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