Lewis Shin

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  • Sonographic evaluation of cervical lymph nodes in papillary thyroid cancer.

    Shin LK, Olcott EW, Jeffrey RB, Desser TS. Ultrasound Q. 2013; 29 (1): 25-32

    Sonography is the modality of choice for imaging cervical lymph nodes in patients with papillary thyroid cancer, both before surgery and for postoperative surveillance. Sonography is also an invaluable tool to guide fine-needle aspiration of abnormal nodes. Microcalcifications, cystic changes, abnormal morphology, and disordered vascularity are features of metastatic nodal involvement with papillary thyroid carcinoma and should be sought during surveillance scans as well as in targeting for fine-needle aspiration.

    PubMedID: 23358214

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