Risk factors for high-volume lymph node metastases in cN0 papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

Lymph node metastasis (LNM) often occurs in clinical lymph node negative (cN0) papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). The risk factors for LNM, especially for high-volume LNM, were investigated in this study. The medical records of 1,974 consecutive PTMC patients admitted to the Peking Union Medic...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Gland surgery 2019-10, Vol.8 (5), p.550-556
Main Authors: Liu, Chunhao, Liu, Yuewu, Zhang, Lei, Dong, Yunwei, Hu, Shenbao, Xia, Yu, Zhang, Bo, Cao, Yue, Liu, Ziwen, Chen, Ge, Shang, Zhonghua, Yang, Jinbao, Sun, Qinghe, Li, Xiaoyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Original
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Lymph node metastasis (LNM) often occurs in clinical lymph node negative (cN0) papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). The risk factors for LNM, especially for high-volume LNM, were investigated in this study. The medical records of 1,974 consecutive PTMC patients admitted to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) from 2013 to 2015 were reviewed. Their clinicopathological features were collected. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify the risk factors for LNM/high-volume LNM. Of all the patients, cervical lymph node metastases were detected in 690 patients (34.95%), and high-volume LNM was detected in 75 patients (3.80%). The results of univariate analysis revealed that sex, age, chronic thyroiditis, multifocality, and tumor diameter were significantly correlated with LNM (P
ISSN:2227-684X
2227-8575
DOI:10.21037/gs.2019.10.04