Open AccessThe Significance of Transcapsular Blood Flow for Assessing Moderate to Severe Extrathyroidal Extension: Results of a Two-Center Study
Author(s) -
Zhi Li,
Shuqiang Chen,
Jinguo Li
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s349299
Subject(s) - medicine , capsule , thyroid cancer , thyroid , radiology , ultrasound , cancer , surgery , botany , biology
Extrathyroidal extension (ETE) is a crucial factor affecting the prognosis of thyroid cancer. Two-dimensional ultrasound is highly sensitive to ETE, but the sensitivity and specificity for severe ETE are unideal, so it does not improve the prognosis.