… Despite the different lymph node compartment classification used in this study these
results are in agreement with Noguchi et al.who found that PTC metastasizes first to the …

… H Pattern of lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid carcinoma. … Prognostic significance
and surgical management of locoregional lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer. …

Background The role of prophylactic central neck dissection in the management of papillary
thyroid cancer (PTC) is controversial. We report our experience of an observational …

… approximately equal rates of central compartment lymph node metastasis. There was also a
… and larger tumors. Our results document that central compartment lymph node dissection is …

… , encapsulated), and 8344 (papillary carcinoma, columnar). Only patients with pathologically
examined lymph nodes were included in our analyses. Lymph node involvement was …

… the results with respect to lymph node status and dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma
(PTC). … nearly as frequently as nodes of the central compartment (47% to 62%).10, 13, 22, 23 …

… of CCLN in papillary thyroid cancer is controversial. Lymph node spread occurs in a sequential
manner with the involvement of central compartment followed by lateral compartment [24, …

… We did not observe any positive lymph nodes in compartments B or C if compartment A was
… extrathyroid papillary carcinoma should be the lymph node chains around the thyroid gland …

… lymph, excluding other factors, such as the number of metastatic lymph nodes, lymph node
ratio… In this study, we focused on the lymph node status in the central compartment in patients …

… central compartment lymph node … compartment lymph node metastases, including the six
patients of Group A who were cN0 at the presurgical diagnosis and showed unexpected node …