Comprehensive analysis of the effect of Hashimoto's thyroiditis on the diagnostic efficacy of preoperative ultrasonography on cervical lymph node lesions in papillary thyroid cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Hashimoto's thyroiditis often leads to reactive hyperplasia of the central compartment lymph nodes in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients. However, the effect and clinical significance of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) on ultrasonography evaluation for cervical lymph node (LN) lesions remain unknown. This study aims to investigate the effect of Hashimoto's thyroiditis on the diagnostic efficacy of preoperative ultrasonography on cervical lymph node lesions in PTC patients.

Patients and methods

This study consecutively enrolled 1,874 PTC patients who underwent total thyroidectomy and radical cervical lymph node dissection between January 2010 and December 2021. Eligible patients were categorized as with HT and without HT. The diagnostic performance of preoperativ

SUBMITTER: Tan HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9877506 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature