Incidental Thyroid Tissue in Sentinel Nodes From Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Clare Schilling,
Lisette Collins,
Adrian Farrow
et al.
Abstract:ObjectiveSentinel node biopsy (SNB) is a surgical staging test in which sentinel nodes (SNs) undergo intensive histological analysis. SNB diagnoses early cancer spread, but can also reveal unexpected findings within the SNs. We review cases of incidental thyroid cells (TC) found in SNs from patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) to assess the prevalence of TC, and the clinical significance of these.MethodsMulticenter retrospective review of SNB performed for cT1‐T2N0 OSCC. Incidental TC were identif… Show more
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