[A study of a regional lymph node metastasis in a well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma].
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.
Hanatake
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F
Dept. of General Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital.
Hirose
K
K
Katada
S
S
Nishiura
K
K
Takabatake
I
I
Mori
Y
Y
Hayashi
T
T
Yamada
T
T
Kitagawa
S
S
Nakagawa
M
M
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