For citation: Borodina N.B., Reshetov I.V., Mitina L.A. Clinical and diagnostic features of thyroid cancer in the aspect of complex ultrasonography. Golova i sheya. Rossijskij zhurnal Head and neck Russian Journal. 2019;7(3):17–22 (in Russian).
Doi: 10.25792/HN.2019.7.3.17–22
Background: Thyroid cancer is an urgent problem of clinical oncology due to the incidence increase. The differential diagnosis of benign and malignant nodes in the organ, as well as the identification of metastatic lesions, is important.
Material and methods. A comprehensive assessment of primary and metastatic nodes in the thyroid gland and cervical tissues was performed using the main characteristics of ultrasonographic semiotics, and the study was based on the comparative analysis of stiffness in the primary thyroid gland node and secondary metastatic lymph node in 174 patients.
Results. The method of complex ultrasonographic diagnostics, together with the study of the relative stiffness of the nodes, allowed making a primary diagnosis with a high degree of accuracy, confirmed by the results of fine needle biopsy, as well as to identify a suspicious “sentinel” node, which influenced the operation type and its volume.
Keywords: thyroid cancer, ultrasonography, elastography
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For citation: Borodina N.B., Reshetov I.V., Mitina L.A. Clinical and diagnostic features of thyroid cancer in the aspect of complex ultrasonography. Golova i sheya. Rossijskij zhurnal Head and neck Russian Journal. 2019;7(3):17–22 (in Russian).
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