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Relationship between sonographic features, clinicopathological characteristics and lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma in children
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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between sonographic features, clinicopathological characteristics and lymph node metastasis (LNM) of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in children ( 18 years). S ≤ ubject and method: A total of 46 pediatric patients who were histopathologically diagnosed with PTC from January 2015 to March 2022 were included in this study. The preoperative ultrasonography, histological, and LNM features after surgery were retrospectively analyzed. Result: PTC in children accounted for 0.6% of all PTC, with a higher rate of females (67.4%), aged 15-18 years was 71.7%. The tumors were
mostly classic type (87.0%), tumor size > 10mm (76.1%), with high rates of central and lateral LNM (69.6% and 45.7%, respectively). Central LNM was significantly related to extrathyroidal extension (ETE). A significant relationship was observed between lateral LNM and tumor size, multifocality, ETE, intrathyroidal spread, microcalcification, and abnormal lymph nodes on ultrasound. Conclusion: Central and lateral LNM in pediatric PTC were common (69.6% and 45.7%, respectively). Several sonographic and clinicopathologic features had a significant relationship with LNM, especially lateral LNM. Patients with risk factors should undergo both clinical and neck ultrasound examinations in order to find evidence of LNM.
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