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 The benefit of CT for the diagnosis of lymph node metastasis in patients with
thyroid cancer is still unclear. Methods Three hundred fifty‐one patients with thyroid cancers …

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

Objectives Although ultrasound (US) is a standard modality for the assessment of cervical
lymph node metastasis in patients with thyroid cancer, there is an increasing trend in the …

Objectives To investigate the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of contrast‐
enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in assessing cervical lymph node metastasis from papillary …

Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic performances of ultrasonographic (US) findings,
computed tomography (CT) findings and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for the …

The objective of this study was to prospectively evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of contrast-
enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in differentiating between benign and metastatic cervical …

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of [18 F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-
glucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography, ultrasonography, and …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic capabilities of magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonography (US) for cervical lymph nodal metastases in …

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