Parapharyngeal lymph node metastasis: An unusual presentation of papillary thyroid carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 190-196

  Lombardi, Davide ^a   Nicolai, Piero ^a   Antonelli, Antonino R ^a   Maroldi, Roberto ^a   Farina, Davide ^a   Shaha, Ashok R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicular thyroid carcinoma; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Parapharyngeal metastasis

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOM; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0742305735     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10341     Document Type: Article

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