Title: [The patterns of cervical lymph node metastasis and the surgical treatment for untreated medullary thyroid carcinoma].
Abstract: Objective: To study the features of cervical lymph node metastasis and the optimal type of surgical treatment for untreated medullary thyroid carcinoma. Method: To retrospectively analyze the clinical data of 45 patients with untreated medullary thyroid carcinoma who received surgical treatment in our hospital. The patterns of cervical lymph node metastasis and the surgical treatment were investigated.Result: 34(75.6%) cases were confirmed with lymph node metastasis. Among them,18(40.0%) cases were confirmed with central lymph node metastasis; 30(66.7%) cases with lateral lymph node metastasis; 2(4.4%) cases with bilateral lateral lymph node metastasis; 24(53.3%) cases with occult lymph node metastasis.Conclusion: Total thyroidectomy, central and bilateral neck dissection should be recommended for medullary thyroid carcinoma.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-10-05
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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