Lymph Node Metastasis and Extrathyroidal Extension in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in Cyprus: Suspicious Subcentimeter Nodules Should Undergo FNA When Multifocality is Suspected

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of lymph node (LN) metastasis and extrathyroidal extension (ETE) in patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) in Cyprus and to evaluate the role of preoperative ultrasound (U/S) examination. METHODS: A retrospective study of 102 patients who underwe...

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Published in:J Thyroid Res
Main Authors: Papaioannou, Christos, Lamnisos, Demetris, Kyriacou, Katerina, Lyssiotis, Theodoros, Constantinides, Vasilis, Frangos, Savvas, Economides, Aliki, Economides, Panayiotis A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7128046/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32351678
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3567658
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