Normal and abnormal sonographic findings at the thyroidectomy sites in postoperative patients with thyroid malignancy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1596-1609

  Ko, Myung Su ^a   Lee, Jeong Hyun ^b   Shong, Young Kee ^b   Gong, Gyung Yub ^b   Baek, Jung Hwan ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Local tumor recurrence; Sonography; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid malignancy; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; THYROID TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 77953234854     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2513     Document Type: Review

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