Preoperatively Predicting the Central Lymph Node Metastasis for Papillary Thyroid Cancer Patients With Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The preoperative distinguishment of lymph nodes with reactive hyperplasia or tumor metastasis plays a pivotal role in guiding the surgical extension for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), especially in terms of the central lymph node (CLN) dissection. We aim to identify the preparative risk factors for CLN metastasis in PTC patients concurrent with HT.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively reviewed and analyzed the data including the basic information, preoperative sonographic characteristics, and thyroid function of consecutive PTC patients with HT in our medical center between Jan 2019 and Apr 2021. The Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were used for comparison of qualitative variables among patients with or without CLN met

SUBMITTER: Min Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339927 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature