Ultrasound features like loss of fatty hilum, architectural distortion, enlarged size, and microcalcifications are associated with metastatic papillary thyroid cancer. A combination of these features shows high specificity and positive predictive value for malignancy. This study suggests a risk stratification model based on these ultrasound characteristics could improve the classification of nodal metastases in patients with papillary thyroid cancer.
Journal Article by Kravchenko T, Chen V (…) Beninato T et 6 al. in J Surg Res
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