Nomograms Combining Ultrasonic Features With Clinical and Pathological Features for Estimation of Delphian Lymph Node Metastasis Risk in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This work explores the clinical significance of Delphian lymph nodes (DLN) in thyroid papillary carcinoma (PTC). At the same time, a nomogram is constructed based on clinical, pathological, and ultrasonic (US) features to evaluate the possibility of DLN metastasis (DLNM) in PTC patients. This is the first study to predict DLNM using US characteristics.

Methods

A total of 485 patients, surgically diagnosed with PTC between February 2017 and June 2021, all of whom underwent thyroidectomy, were included in the study. Using the clinical, pathological, and US information of patients, the related factors of DLNM were retrospectively analyzed. The risk factors associated with DLNM were identified through univariate and multivariate analyses. According to clinical + patho

SUBMITTER: Qi Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8733604 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature