OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of
ultrasound imaging with that of CT in the preoperative evaluation of primary tumors and …

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of ultrasonography including Doppler flow imaging for
the preoperative staging of thyroid papillary carcinoma. Materials and Methods: In 77 …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the overall performance
of sonography for staging papillary thyroid carcinoma. SUBJECTS AND METHODS. Ninety …

AIM: To evaluate the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for staging local disease
and lymph node metastases in papillary carcinoma of the thyroid by comparing MRI with …

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 …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ultrasonographic characteristics of
metastatic lymph nodes in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Methods The …

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

Recent advances permitting high-resolution ultrasonography have made ultrasonographic
examination of nodular thyroid diseases an accessible examination for routine practice …

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

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common thyroid malignancy in children and
adults, with an incidence of 22,000 cases per year in the United States. Differentiating PTC …