The role of sonography in thyroid cancer

Stephanie F. Coquia; Linda C. Chu; Ulrike M. Hamper

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2014.07.007

The role of sonography in thyroid cancer

Stephanie F. Coquia, Linda C. Chu, Ulrike M. Hamper

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Sonography plays several important roles in the diagnosis and management of thyroid cancer. Ultrasound (US) is used for the detection and characterization of thyroid nodules as well as a guidance modality for fine-needle aspiration biopsy of indeterminate or suspicious nodules. US is also used to help stage thyroid cancer by identifying cervical lymph nodes suspicious for metastasis so they can be biopsied prior to subsequent neck dissection. Post-thyroidectomy, routine surveillance of the neck is performed with US to identify local recurrence and/or nodal metastatic disease so that focused and limited repeat neck dissection or alcohol ablation can be accomplished.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1283-1294
Number of pages	12
Journal	Radiologic clinics of North America
Volume	52
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcl.2014.07.007
State	Published - Nov 1 2014

Keywords

Central neck compartment
Cervical lymph node metastases
Fine-needle aspiration biopsy
Lateral neck compartment
Thyroid cancer
Thyroid nodules

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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