Efficacy of Shear-Wave Elastography for Detecting Postoperative Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Aims. To evaluate shear-wave elastography (SWE) as a tool to detect postoperative cervical lymph node (LN) metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Methods. Forty-three LNs of 43 patients with PTC undergoing ultrasound (US) and SWE before ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiratio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2018-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Endocrinology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9382649 |