Capsular extension at ultrasound is associated with lateral lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: a retrospective study

Abstract Background In patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) must be carefully assessed to determine the extent of lymph node dissection required and patient prognosis. Few studies attempted to determine whether the ultrasound (US) appearance of the prima...

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Main Authors: Lei Ye, Lei Hu, Weiyong Liu, Yuanyuan Luo, Zhe Li, Zuopeng Ding, Chunmei Hu, Lin Wang, Yajuan Zhu, Le Liu, Xiaopeng Ma, Yuan Kong, Liangliang Huang
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Language:EN
Published: BMC 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d2d9892621b747e29104970414f33d02
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