Diagnostic accuracy of CT and ultrasonography for evaluating metastatic cervical lymph nodes in patients with thyroid cancer

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1552-1558

  Ahn, Ji Eun ^a   Lee, Jeong Hyun ^a   Yi, Jong Sook ^a   Shong, Young Ki ^a   Hong, Seok Joon ^a   Lee, Deok Hee ^a   Choi, Choong Gon ^a   Kim, Sang Joon ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45849151696     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9588-7     Document Type: Article

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