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==CT scan==
==CT scan==
CT scan is not a good choice for cervical lymph node metastases evaluation as its sensitivity is low (30-40%), but as an alternative imaging modalitiy, may be useful in the assessment of tumors with the following features:
[[Computed tomography|CT scan]] is not a good choice for [[Cervical lymph nodes|cervical lymph node]] [[metastases]] evaluation because its [[Sensitivity (tests)|sensitivity]] is low (30-40%), but as an alternative imaging modalitiy, it may be useful in the assessment of [[tumors]] with the following features:
* Large tumors
* Large [[tumors]]
* Rapidly growing tumors
* Rapidly growing [[tumors]]
* Retrosternal tumors
* Retrosternal [[tumors]]
* Invasive tumors
* Invasive [[tumors]]
** To assess the involvement of extrathyroidal tissues
** To assess the involvement of extrathyroidal [[Tissue (biology)|tissues]]
Jeong HS, Baek CH, Son YI, Choi JY, Kim HJ, Ko YH, Chung JH, Baek HJ 2006 Integrated 18F-FDG PET=CT for the initial evaluation of cervical node level of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: comparison with ultrasound and contrast-enhanced CT. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf ) 65: 402–407
Jeong HS, Baek CH, Son YI, Choi JY, Kim HJ, Ko YH, Chung JH, Baek HJ 2006 Integrated 18F-FDG PET=CT for the initial evaluation of cervical node level of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: comparison with ultrasound and contrast-enhanced CT. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf ) 65: 402–407


Thyroid nodule rupture:
Thyroid nodule rupture:


Sonography and/or computed tomography (CT) could help diagnose this complication, which is visualized as the breakdown of the thyroid capsule and the formation of a new mass located between intra- and extra-thyroidal lesions at the RF site
[[Sonography]] and/or [[computed tomography]] ([[Computed tomography|CT]]) could help diagnose this complication, which is visualized as the breakdown of the [[thyroid]] capsule and the formation of a new mass located between intra- and extra-thyroidal lesions at the RF site


==References==
==References==

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CT scan

CT scan is not a good choice for cervical lymph node metastases evaluation because its sensitivity is low (30-40%), but as an alternative imaging modalitiy, it may be useful in the assessment of tumors with the following features:

Jeong HS, Baek CH, Son YI, Choi JY, Kim HJ, Ko YH, Chung JH, Baek HJ 2006 Integrated 18F-FDG PET=CT for the initial evaluation of cervical node level of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: comparison with ultrasound and contrast-enhanced CT. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf ) 65: 402–407

Thyroid nodule rupture:

Sonography and/or computed tomography (CT) could help diagnose this complication, which is visualized as the breakdown of the thyroid capsule and the formation of a new mass located between intra- and extra-thyroidal lesions at the RF site

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