Preoperative diagnosis of cervical metastatic lymph nodes in papillary thyroid carcinoma: Comparison of ultrasound, computed tomography, and combined ultrasound with computed tomography

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-418

  Kim, Eunhee ^a   Park, Jeong Seon ^a,b   Son, Kyu Ri ^a,c   Kim, Ji Hoon ^a,c   Jeon, Se Jeong ^a   Na, Dong Gyu ^a,d  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 42049106012     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2007.0269     Document Type: Article

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