title: [A study of a regional lymph node metastasis in a well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma].
abstract: Forty-eight patients with a well-differentiated thyroid cancer that occupied unilateral lobe were given, a modified radical neck dissection (unilateral or bilateral). After an examination of their lymph nodes, a retrospective analysis showed that the metastasis extended to the lateral cervical lymph node on the ipsilateral neck in 43.8% of all cases, and to at least the paratracheal lymph node on the contralateral neck in 27.2% of all cases. Therefore a bilateral modified radical neck dissection is needed surgical treatment for such patients.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of General Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hanatake
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishiura
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takabatake
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy