Appearance of absorbable gelatin compressed sponge on early post-thyroidectomy neck sonography: A mimic of locally recurrent or residual thyroid carcinoma

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-120

  Tublin, Mitchell E ^a   Alexander, Jacob M ^a   Ogilvie, Jennifer B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymph node; Thyroid; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATIONS; LYMPH NODE; MULTINUCLEATED GIANT CELLS; RESIDUAL TUMORS; SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS; SURGICAL HISTORY; THYROID; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

GELATIN SPONGE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75149125785     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.1.117     Document Type: Article

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