Normal and abnormal sonographic findings at the thyroidectomy sites in postoperative patients with thyroid malignancy.
OBJECTIVE
We describe typical sonography characteristics of locally recurrent tumors after thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer and the benign conditions mimicking tumor recurrence, with an emphasis on the differential diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
Ultrasound is an effective imaging technique not only for the detection of locally recurrent tumors but also for the differential diagnosis of locally recurrent tumors and other abnormalities mimicking tumor recurrence.
Ko
Myung-Su
MS
Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea.
Lee
Jeong Hyun
JH
Shong
Young Kee
YK
Gong
Gyung Yub
GY
Baek
Jung Hwan
JH
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014463:Ultrasonography