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KMID : 1104520170170030122
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Journal of Endocrine Surgery
2017 Volume.17 No. 3 p.122 ~ p.130
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Diagnostic Accuracy of PET/MR for Evaluating Central Lymph Node Status in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
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Byeon Yoon-Hyeong
Choi Jung-Eun
Park Jeong-Yeong
Song Jeong-Hyun
Yeo Kyeong-Jun
Kong Eun-Jung
Kang Su-Hwan
Lee Soo-Jung
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Abstract
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Purpose: Ultrasonography and computed tomography of the neck are commonly used for preoperative evaluation of neck lymph node (LN) status in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). This study evaluated the accuracy of preoperative positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance (PET/MR) imaging of cervical LN status in PTC.
Methods: A retrospective chart review of 285 patients who received PET/MR and underwent open thyroidectomy due to primary PTC between August 2012 and October 2013 was performed. Visual 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake and preoperative morphologic abnormalities of nodal shape, cortical thickness, and the fatty hilum of neck nodes were analyzed using PET/MR imaging.
Results: Total thyroidectomy and lobectomy were conducted in 78.2% (223/285) and 21.8% (62/285) of cases, respectively. The status of central neck LN were evaluated in all patients during surgery and additional evaluation of lateral neck LN were conducted in 11.9% (34/285) of patients through selective sampling or modified radical neck dissection. In total, 36.1% (103/285) of patients had pathologic neck LN metastasis (LNM). PET/MR imaging showed an accuracy of 68.8%, sensitivity of 32.7%, and specificity of 88.6% for the detection of central neck LNM; moreover, an accuracy of 95.1%, sensitivity 68.4%, and specificity of 97.0% for lateral neck LNM. PET/MR imaging showed higher accuracy for detecting neck LNM in the 164 patients who did not have suspected clinical thyroiditis than others.
Conclusion: PET/MR has a high specificity for detecting central LNM, especially for patients diagnosed with PTC without pathologic thyroiditis.
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KEYWORD
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Lymphatic metastasis, Thyroid neoplasms, Positron-emission tomography
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