Background: Although ultrasound (US) is routinely used for the preoperative evaluation of
neck nodes in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), the diagnostic role of …

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography has been proposed to enhance preoperative assessment
of cervical lymph node status in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Ultrasound has become widely accepted as the first
imaging technique used for the assessment of cervical lymph node metastasis in patients …

AIMS: Adequate evaluation and surgical management of cervical lymph node metastasis is
very important in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the …

Background The goals of this study were to analyze clinical factors that affect cervical lymph
node metastasis (LNM) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), and to evaluate the diagnostic …

Background Preoperative neck ultrasonography (US) may detect nodal metastases of
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) but its utility in detecting metastases at specific neck …

Background To study the diagnostic accuracy of physical examination (PE), ultrasonography
(US), contrastenhanced computed tomography (CT) and in preoperative detection of …

Purpose To evaluate the performance of preoperative ultrasound in the diagnosis of cervical
lymph nodes metastases (CLNM) of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and its value in assisting …

Background The present study was designed to investigate the diagnostic ability of
computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography (USG) in the preoperative evaluation of the …

Background Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is a common endocrine cancer and commonly
presents with lymph node (LN) metastases. The role of surgical removal of the central …