ArticleBMC medical imaging2020
Clinical and ultrasonographic features of medullary thyroid microcarcinomas compared with papillary thyroid microcarcinomas: a retrospective analysis.
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- Thyroid hemiatrophy associated with papillary thyroid carcinoma.Neuroradiology · 2024Article
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- Clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of medullary thyroid microcarcinoma: a tumor with a similar prognosis to macrocarcinoma.European journal of medical research · 2023Article
- Partial preservation of the normal thyroid gland based on tumor diameter may be possible in small medullary thyroid carcinoma: a two-center 15-year retrospective study.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Ultrasonographic features of cervical lymph node metastases from medullary thyroid cancer: a retrospective study.BMC medical imaging · 2022Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Different Thermal Ablation Modalities for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: A Network Meta-Analysis.Contrast media & molecular imaging · 2022Article
- Predictors and a Prediction Model for Central Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (cN0).Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo identify the sonographic features that help to differentiate medullary thyroid microcarcinomas (MTMCs) from papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMCs).
methodsA total of 46 MTMCs in 41 patients and 136 PTMCs in 104 patients that were proven by surgery and pathology were included in the study. Patient age and nodule size were analyzed by independent sample t-tests, and sex, multiplicity and cervical lymph node metastases were analyzed by χ
resultsCompared with the corresponding number of patients with PTMCs, more MTMC patients had cervical lymph node metastases (P = 0.040). There were no significant differences in age, sex, nodule size, multiplicity, location, boundary, margin, peripheral halo ring, echogenicity or microcalcifications between MTMCs and PTMCs (P > 0.05 for all). However, significant differences were found in shape (P = 0.000), composition (P = 0.032), macrocalcifications (P = 0.004) and vascularity (P = 0.000) between the two groups.
conclusionsThere were some overlapping sonographic features between MTMCs and PTMCs. However, MTMCs tended to have a > 50% solid composition, be ovoid to round nodules with macrocalcifications and be hypervascular. Cervical lymph node metastases were more common in MTMC patients.
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