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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer. | CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer. | ||
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CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer. Findings on CT scan suggestive of papillary thyroid cancer include: | |||
* CT is best at staging lymph node involvement (see thyroid cancer staging). Involved lymph nodes tend to have any of the following features: | * CT is best at staging lymph node involvement (see thyroid cancer staging). Involved lymph nodes tend to have any of the following features: | ||
:* Cystic components: ~35% | :* Cystic components: ~35% | ||
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:* Purely cystic nodes are uncommon and more frequent in young patients | :* Purely cystic nodes are uncommon and more frequent in young patients | ||
:* Calcification may be seen occasionally | :* Calcification may be seen occasionally | ||
*CT Examples of Papillary thyroid cancer | |||
[[File:Miliary metastasis from papillary thyroid cancer CT.jpeg|thumb|center|Papillary thyroid cancer CT miliary metastasis<ref name=radio> Image courtesy of Dr David Cuete. [http://www.radiopaedia.org Radiopaedia] (original file [http://radiopaedia.org/articles/papillary-thyroid-cancer ‘’here’’].[http://radiopaedia.org/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC]</ref>]] | [[File:Miliary metastasis from papillary thyroid cancer CT.jpeg|thumb|center|Papillary thyroid cancer CT miliary metastasis<ref name=radio> Image courtesy of Dr David Cuete. [http://www.radiopaedia.org Radiopaedia] (original file [http://radiopaedia.org/articles/papillary-thyroid-cancer ‘’here’’].[http://radiopaedia.org/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC]</ref>]] | ||
[[File:CT papillary miliary metastasis.jpg|thumb|center|Papillary thyroid cancer CT miliary metastasis<ref name=radio> Image courtesy of Dr Hani Al Salam. [http://www.radiopaedia.org Radiopaedia] (original file [http://radiopaedia.org/articles/papillary-thyroid-cancer ‘’here’’].[http://radiopaedia.org/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC]</ref>]] | [[File:CT papillary miliary metastasis.jpg|thumb|center|Papillary thyroid cancer CT miliary metastasis<ref name=radio> Image courtesy of Dr Hani Al Salam. [http://www.radiopaedia.org Radiopaedia] (original file [http://radiopaedia.org/articles/papillary-thyroid-cancer ‘’here’’].[http://radiopaedia.org/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC]</ref>]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer.
CT scan
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer. Findings on CT scan suggestive of papillary thyroid cancer include:
- CT is best at staging lymph node involvement (see thyroid cancer staging). Involved lymph nodes tend to have any of the following features:
- Cystic components: ~35%
- Thick nodular walls: ~40%
- Septa: ~60%
- Purely cystic nodes are uncommon and more frequent in young patients
- Calcification may be seen occasionally
- CT Examples of Papillary thyroid cancer
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Image courtesy of Dr David Cuete. Radiopaedia (original file ‘’here’’.Creative Commons BY-SA-NC