Open AccessThe significance of enlarged cervical lymph nodes in diagnosing thyroid cancer
Author(s) -
Hossam Mohamed,
Salah Eldin Mohamed,
Muhammad Anwar,
Zaid AlQurayshi,
Andrew B. Sholl,
Tina K. Thethi,
Amna Khan,
Rizwan Aslam,
Emad Kandil
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.171360
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , radiology , thyroid nodules , cervical lymph nodes , papillary thyroid cancer , lymph , thyroid cancer , thyroidectomy , clinical significance , thyroid , predictive value , cancer , pathology , metastasis
We aim to investigate the significance of enlarged cervical lymph nodes (ECLN) identified by initial surgeon-performed ultrasound (US) as a tool for determining the risk of malignancy in the patients presenting with suspicious thyroid nodules.