Validation of CT-Based Risk Stratification System for Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients With Thyroid Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the computed tomography (CT) features for diagnosing metastatic cervical lymph nodes (LNs) in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and validate the CT-based risk stratification system suggested by the Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (K-TIRADS) guidelines.

Materials and methods

A total of 463 LNs from 399 patients with DTC who underwent preoperative CT staging and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration were included. The following CT features for each LN were evaluated: absence of hilum, cystic changes, calcification, strong enhancement, and heterogeneous enhancement. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify independent CT features associated with metastatic LNs, and their diagnostic performance

SUBMITTER: Roh YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10550739 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature