Risk factors for cervical lymph node metastasis at different lateral levels in papillary thyroid cancer: level III as the central hub.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the most prevalent histological type of thyroid cancer, the prognosis of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is closely related to cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM), particularly in the case of lateral LNM (LLNM). The patterns of cervical LNM in PTC remain inconclusive. We aim to assess the risk factors for LLNM and extranodal extension (ENE) at different lateral levels in N1b PTC patients.

Methods

A total of 486 PTC patients with pathologically diagnosed N1b, who underwent thyroidectomy with central and lateral neck lymph node dissection at our hospital between January 2019 and December 2021, were retrospectively retrieved. The metastatic status of different lateral levels was recorded. Further correlation analysis was conducted.

Results

Based on the corr

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11635576 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature