Objective To study the sonographic features of the primary site of papillary thyroid
microcarcinoma (PTMC) for the prediction of cervical lymph node metastasis during …

Objectives Preoperative prediction of lymph node metastasis is of clinical importance for the
surgical treatment of thyroid tumor. The purpose of this study was to evaluate …

Background The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinicopathologic factors
and ultrasound (US) features predictive of central lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients …

Objective To study the correlations between the sonographic features of papillary thyroid
microcarcinoma (PTMC) and the presence of high-volume lymph node metastasis. Method …

Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinicopathologic and
ultrasonographic (US) characteristics and establish an effective scoring system for predicting …

Background Preoperative prediction of lateral lymph node metastasis (LNM) is important to
prevent recurrence; however, there are few published data in predicting factors of lateral …

Background Preoperative diagnosis of central lymph node metastasis (CLNM) poses to be a
challenge in clinical node-negative papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). This research …

Background Accurate preoperative identification of central lymph node metastasis (CLNM) is
essential for surgical protocol establishment for patients with papillary thyroid …

Introduction Central lymph node status in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) plays an
important role in treatment decision-making clinically, however, it is not easy to predict …

Introduction The treatment of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma remains controversial.
Central lymph node metastasis is common in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma and it is an …