Sonographic features of cervical lymph nodes after thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1173-1180

  Kim, Dong Wook ^a   Choo, Hye Jung ^a   Lee, Yoo Jin ^a   Jung, Soo Jin ^a   Eom, Jae Wook ^a   Ha, Tae Kwun ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lymph node; Metastasis; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Postoperative; Sonography

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CERVICAL LYMPH NODES; COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATIONS; LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; METASTATIC LYMPH NODES; PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMATA; POSTOPERATIVE;

BODY FLUIDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE; STATISTICS; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE; SONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84880252701     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.7.1173     Document Type: Article

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