Retropharyngeal node metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 508-511

  Otsuki, Naoki ^a   Nishikawa, Tasuku ^b   Iwae, Shigemichi ^b   Saito, Miki ^a   Mohri, Mitsuhiro ^a   Nibu, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HYOGO MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Papillary carcinoma; Retropharyngeal lymph node; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PHARYNX; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248401606     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20536     Document Type: Article

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