Post-thyroidectomy neck ultrasonography in patients with thyroid cancer and a review of the literature.
The importance of routine neck ultrasonography for the detection of unsuspected local or nodal recurrence of thyroid cancer following thyroidectomy (with or without neck dissection) is well documented in many journal articles and international guidelines. Herein, we present a pictorial summary of the sonographic features of benign and malignant central neck compartment nodules and cervical lymph nodes via a series of high-quality ultrasonographic images, with a review of the literature.
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608. sumbulz@gmail.com.
Sumbul
S
Zaheer
Andrew
A
Tan
Ee Sin
ES
Ang
Kelvin S H
KS
Loke
Yung Hsiang
YH
Kao
Anthony
A
Goh
Wai Yin
WY
Wong
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D037981:Neck Dissection; D012846:Singapore; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography