UNLABELLED: Post-operative neck nodal metastases are detected in 9-20 % of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Ultrasound-guided ethanol injection (UPEI) has been used with promising results in the treatment of PTC patients with limited number of lymph-node metastases. CLINICAL CASE: We report the imaging and biochemical documentation of UPEI results in four metastatic neck lymph-nodes of papillary thyroid-cancer. A significant reduction both in the diameter of the lymph-nodes and in the serum thyroglobulin levels were observed in all cases and have been reported in a step-by-step sequence. CONCLUSION: the UPEI treatment is a simple and suitable tool for the treatment of PTC cervical lymph-node metastases.
UNLABELLED: Post-operative neck nodal metastases are detected in 9-20 % of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Ultrasound-guided ethanol injection (UPEI) has been used with promising results in the treatment of PTC patients with limited number of lymph-node metastases. CLINICAL CASE: We report the imaging and biochemical documentation of UPEI results in four metastatic neck lymph-nodes of papillary thyroid-cancer. A significant reduction both in the diameter of the lymph-nodes and in the serum thyroglobulin levels were observed in all cases and have been reported in a step-by-step sequence. CONCLUSION: the UPEI treatment is a simple and suitable tool for the treatment of PTC cervical lymph-node metastases.
Authors: Yu-Mee Sohn; Soon Won Hong; Eun-Kyung Kim; Min Jung Kim; Hee Jung Moon; Soo Jin Kim; Eun Ju Son; Jin Young Kwak Journal: Thyroid Date: 2009-03 Impact factor: 6.568
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Authors: Ana P Kiess; Nishant Agrawal; James D Brierley; Umamaheswar Duvvuri; Robert L Ferris; Eric Genden; Richard J Wong; R Michael Tuttle; Nancy Y Lee; Gregory W Randolph Journal: Head Neck Date: 2015-12-30 Impact factor: 3.147