Ultrasound in head and neck surgery: thyroid, parathyroid, and cervical lymph nodes

Senchenkov, Alex; Staren, Edgar D.

doi:10.1016/j.suc.2004.04.007

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“…Thirteen cases of thyroid cancer exhibited a cystic or cystic solid echo, which may have been related to the secondary lesions and degenerative changes in thyroid nodules, such as cystic degeneration or bleeding. One study suggested that papillary thyroid carcinoma and undifferentiated carcinoma more than 1 cm in diameter could cause bleeding and cystic degeneration (Senchenkov and Staren, 2004). Papillary thyroid carcinoma has 10-20% occurrence of cystic degeneration.…”

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Correlation analysis of ultrasonic characteristics, pathological type, and molecular markers of thyroid nodules

Su¹,

Liu²,

Cheng³

et al. 2015

Genet. Mol. Res.

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ABSTRACT. The present study was conducted to analyze the correlation between ultrasonic characteristics, pathological type, and molecular markers of thyroid-tumor-related genes as well as to evaluate the diagnosis and prognosis of thyroid nodules. The acoustic characteristics of 130 thyroid specimens were detected. Pathological sectioning and immunohistochemical detection were performed to determine the correlation between tumor gene expression and ultrasonic characteristics. Ultrasonic testing revealed that malignant nodules were normally accompanied by lymph nodes. Expression of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase, Ki67, vascular endothelial growth factor, Ret, and P53 genes exhibited statistically significant differences in malignant, benign, and normal tissues. The performance of thyroid malignant nodules showed different degrees of correlation with the expression of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase, Ki67, VEGF, Ret, and P53 genes. Color Doppler ultrasound is highly sensitive for thyroid nodules and is therefore

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Correlation analysis of ultrasonic characteristics, pathological type, and molecular markers of thyroid nodules

Su¹,

Liu²,

Cheng³

et al. 2015

Genet. Mol. Res.

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“…Overall, it can be divided into benign and malignant enlargement. It is very important for the subsequent diagnosis and treatment to make sure the LNs are malignant or not (Kau et al, 2000;Senchenkov and Staren, 2004;Li and Chen, 2012).…”

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Value of Ultrasound Elastography in Assessment of Enlarged Cervical Lymph Nodes

Teng

Wang²,

Lin³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: To investigate the value of ultrasound elastography (UE) in the differentiation between benign and malignant enlarged cervical lymph nodes (LNs). Methods: B-mode ultrasound, power Doppler imaging and UE were examined to determine LN characteristics. Two kinds of methods, 4 scores of elastographic classification and a strain ratio (SR) were used to evaluate the ultrasound elastograms. Results: The cutoff point of SR had high utility in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant of cervical lymph nodes, with good sensitivity, specificity and accuracy. Conclusion: UE is an important aid in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant cervical LNs.

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“…Many diseases can lead to cervical LNs enlargement, and it is very important for the subsequent diagnosis and treatment to make sure the LNs are malignant or not 1,2) , so timely and accurate differential diagnosis of malignant and benign cervical LNs is needed to improve the early detection of diseases and guide subsequent treatment. Ultrasound has been the preferred examination for cervical LNs for the past few years.…”

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Comparison of Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification with Strain Ratio in Differentiating Malignant from Benign Cervical Lymph Nodes

Sun

Qiu

et al. 2015

J. Hard Tissue Biology.

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The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic value of virtual touch tissue quantification (VTTQ) and strain ratio (SR) in differentiating malignant from benign cervical lymph nodes (LNs). The local institutional review board approved the study, and all patients provided written informed consent. A total of 144 LNs in 144 patients were examined with ultrasound elastography (UE) to obtain the SR, and with VTTQ technique to obtain the shear wave velocity (SWV) before taking core biopsies for standard reference. A receiveroperating characteristic (ROC) curve was generated to obtain the area under the curve (AUC) and the optimal cut-off point, after which the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the two techniques were compared. In 144 LNs, 52 LNs were benign and 92 LNs were malignant. With ROC curve analysis, the optimal cut-off point was 2.170 for SR and 2.507 for VTTQ. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of SR and VTTQ were 78.26 %, 82.69 %, 79.86 % and 89.13 %, 90.38 %, 89.58 %, respectively. Specificity and accuracy were significantly higher for VTTQ than for SR (P<0.05). VTTQ is more accurate than SR in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant cervical LNs.

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Ultrasound in head and neck surgery: thyroid, parathyroid, and cervical lymph nodes

Cited by 55 publications

References 69 publications

Correlation analysis of ultrasonic characteristics, pathological type, and molecular markers of thyroid nodules

Correlation analysis of ultrasonic characteristics, pathological type, and molecular markers of thyroid nodules

Value of Ultrasound Elastography in Assessment of Enlarged Cervical Lymph Nodes

Comparison of Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification with Strain Ratio in Differentiating Malignant from Benign Cervical Lymph Nodes

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