Central Cervical Nodal Metastasis from Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Pattern and Factors Predictive of Nodal Metastasis |
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Authors: | Jong-Lyel Roh Jin-Man Kim Chan Il Park |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Otolaryngology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea;(2) Department of Pathology, Cancer Research Institute, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, 640 Daesa-Dong, Chung-Gu, Daejeon, 301-040, South Korea;(3) Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Research Institute, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, 640 Daesa-Dong, Chung-Gu, Daejeon, 301-040, South Korea |
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Abstract: | Background Although several factors are thought to predict the occurrence of lymph node metastases from papillary thyroid microcarcinoma
(PTMC), the pattern of nodal metastasis has been rarely studied. We evaluated the pattern and factors predictive of central
cervical metastasis from PTMC.
Methods Seventy-two patients with PTMC underwent total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection, including three who underwent therapeutic
modified radical neck dissection. Lymph node involvement was analyzed by neck subsite, and clinicopathologic variables predictive
of nodal metastasis were determined.
Results Central and lateral nodal metastases were found in 29 (40.3%) and 3 (4.2%) patients, respectively, and ipsilateral paratracheal,
pretracheal, superior mediastinal, and contralateral paratracheal lymph node metastases in 27 (37.5%), 8 (11.1%), 4 (5.6%),
and 1 (1.4%), respectively. Sex, age, tumor size, multifocality, bilaterality, extracapsular invasion, lymphovascular invasion,
and MACIS (metastases, age, completeness of resection, invasion, size) for central node metastasis were not predictive of
metastasis (P > .1). Temporary and permanent hypocalcemia was observed in 17 (23.6%) and 1 (1.4%) patients, respectively, and transient
vocal fold paralysis in 1 (1.4%).
Conclusion Despite the absence of palpable neck nodes, PTMC is associated with a high rate of central lymph node metastasis to ipsilateral
and pretracheal subsites. No clinicopathologic factor predicted nodal metastasis. In patients with PTMC involving one lobe
and positive nodes, neck dissection may exclude the contralateral side. |
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Keywords: | Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma Cervical metastasis Neck dissection Node metastatic pattern Predictive factors |
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