Abstract Background Papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) are commonly associated with
lymph node metastases (LNMs), which are thought to disseminate sequentially, first to the …

Background Lateral cervical lymph node metastasis without central lymph node (CLN)
metastasis is not infrequent in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). This study was designed to …

Background Cervical lymph node metastases are very common in papillary thyroid cancer
(PTC), and typically spread in a predictable stepwise fashion in clinical practice. However …

Objective This study was performed to investigate the frequency and pattern as well as the
predictive factors of skip metastasis (lateral cervical lymph node metastasis without central …

Background Lymph node metastases from papillary thyroid cancer is believed to
disseminate sequentially, first to the central neck and later to the lateral neck. Skip …

BACKGROUND: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) frequently metastasizes to the regional
neck; skip metastasis (metastasis to the lateral compartment in the absence of central …

In papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) patients, cervical lymph node metastases are common,
which disseminate sequentially from the central neck to the lateral neck. However, there is …

Background: Cervical lymph node metastases are quite common in papillary thyroid cancer
(PTC) and they usually spread in a contiguous fashion. However,“skip metastasis,” defined …

Background Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) metastasizes to central lymph node (CLN). CLN
metastasis is associated with high risk of locoregional recurrence and distant metastasis …

Background: Skip metastasis is a special type in cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) of
patients diagnosed with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) which induced poor prognosis …