Solitary cystic nodal metastasis from occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid mimicking a branchial cyst: a potential pitfall

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作者
Ahuja, A [1 ]
Ng, CF
King, W
Metreweli, C
机构
[1] Prince Wales Hosp, Dept Diagnost Radiol, Shatin, Hong Kong
[2] Prince Wales Hosp, Dept Organ Imaging, Shatin, Hong Kong
[3] Prince Wales Hosp, Dept Surg, Shatin, Hong Kong
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D O I
10.1016/S0009-9260(98)80037-8
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R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
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1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Thyroid carcinoma presenting as cervical lymph node metastasis with a clinically normal neck indicates an aggressive tumour of the thyroid. When the nodal metastasis is solitary and cystic, with no obvious suspicious thyroid mass on ultrasound (US) it may be mistaken for a branchial cyst. As the management of these two conditions is different, it is important to make a correct pre-operative diagnosis. We present the US features that help in distinguishing the two.
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