Role of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Pre-operative Diagnosis of Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma |
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Authors: | Yu-Rong Hong Zhi-Yan Luo Guo-Qiang Mo Ping Wang Qin Ye Pin-Tong Huang |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Ultrasound, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China;2. Department of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China;3. Department of Pathology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China |
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Abstract: | The objective of this study was to prospectively evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in differentiating between benign and metastatic cervical lymph nodes in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Three hundred nineteen cervical lymph nodes (162 metastatic from PTC and 157 benign) were evaluated using conventional ultrasonography (US) and CEUS before biopsy or surgery. Metastatic lymph nodes more often manifested centripetal or asynchronous perfusion, hyper-enhancement, heterogeneous enhancement, perfusion defects and ring-enhancing margins than benign lymph nodes at pre-operative CEUS (all p values < 0.001). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for the combination of conventional US and CEUS (0.983, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.971–0.994) was higher than that of conventional US alone (0.929, 95% CI: 0.899–0.958) and CEUS (0.911, 95% CI: 0.876–0.947). In conclusion, CEUS is a promising tool in conjunction with conventional US for the pre-operative prediction of metastatic cervical lymph nodes in patients with PTC. |
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Keywords: | Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography Papillary thyroid cancer Metastatic Cervical lymph nodes |
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