title: [Management of the sentinel lymph node of papillary thyroid carcinoma in surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the value of sentinel lymph node of papillary thyroid carcinoma exploring and measuring in the metastasis of the cervical lymph node of thyroid carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sentinel lymph node were investigated by injecting the methylene blue around 25 cases of thyroid tumors. The lymph nodes dyed in blue and obtained from selective lymph node dissection were examined by pathology, respectively. The value of the sentinel lymph nod were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sentinel lymph nodes dyed in blue were identified in 22 cases which account for 88.0% of all the 25 cases. Nineteen cases of the sentinel lymph node were positive by pathology, of whom 13 cases were verified positive in other area. Six cases were negative.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is of great value that sentinel lymph node of thyroid carcinoma can indicate the metastasis of the cervical lymph node of thyroid carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200001, China. jiadongw@online.sh.cn
authors.forename: Jiadong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xingcheng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Xiaojie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jiaqing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Qinyi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Minfei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult