Investigação de linfonodos em pacientes em seguimento por carcinoma diferenciado de tiróide

Loco-regional recurrences of the differentiated thyroid cancer have been reported to be located in cervical lymph nodes in 60-75% of cases. The widespread use of neck ultrasonography (US) during the follow-up of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has led to the discovery of small cervic...

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Autor: Biscolla, Rosa Paula M. [UNIFESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/3787
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-27302007000500019
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/3787
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Thyroid cancer
Fine needle aspiration biopsy
Thyroglobulin
Ultrasound
Lymph nodes metastases
Câncer de tiróide
Punção aspirativa com agulha fina
Tiroglobulina
Ultra-sonografia
Metástases em linfonodos
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Sumario:Loco-regional recurrences of the differentiated thyroid cancer have been reported to be located in cervical lymph nodes in 60-75% of cases. The widespread use of neck ultrasonography (US) during the follow-up of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has led to the discovery of small cervical lymph nodes (LN). Although US has a high sensitivity for diagnosing LN, fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) and measurement of thyroglobulin in fine needle aspirates (FNA-Tg) have proven to be invaluable tools. The aim of this paper is to review the importance of the early diagnosis of lymph node metastases in the follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.