The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer (EMMPRIN) and human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)-2 protein expression in papillary thyroid carcinoma with lymph node metastasis (LNM), as well as the correlation between the two types of protein expression. A quantum dot-based immunofluorescence technique was used to detec...

PURPOSE Papillary carcinoma is the most frequent type of thyroid cancer and was considered the most benign of all thyroid carcinomas, with a low risk of distant metastases. However, there are some variants of papillary thyroid carcinoma that have affinity to spread in many organs, such as: lymph nodes, lungs and bones. AIM The aim of this study was presentation of a case with papillary carcin...

Polysplenia syndrome (PSS) is a rare congenital abnormality. Metastases to spleen and skeletal muscle from differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) are also extremely rare. Our case report aims to present an interesting case of PSS associated with splenic metastasis (SM) and skeletal muscle metastasis (SMM) from advanced papillary thyroid carcinoma which was evaluated on fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) pos...

OBJECTIVE This study was to evaluate the patterns of central lymph nodes metastasis, by analyzing the results of surgery in clinical NO (cNO) papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). METHOD We retrospectively studied the effect of surgical treatment among 123 cN0 PTC patients. All the patients underwent central lymph node dissection; 47 patients underwent ipsilateral neck dissection and 9 patients ...

Objectives: Researchers have reported different results regarding the association between Hashimoto’s disease and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Some believe that coexistence of these diseases can lead to fewer tumor invasion recurrence rates. This study evaluated clinico-pathological features survival time PTC in patients with without thyroiditis. Materials Methods: In this cross-sectional...

A prospective observational study was conducted in a zonal care hospital probing the role of FNAC palpable head and neck lesions & its diagnostic utility which can differentiate various neoplastic non very cost effectively. To fine needle aspiration cytology(FNAC) lesions. one year carried out at hospital, included total 120 patients reported with masses Otorinolaryngology OPD. Out FNACs, 3...

BACKGROUND Central compartment lymph node dissection is a common adjunct to thyroidectomy in the treatment of papillary thyroid cancer. The indications, surgical technique, potential benefits, and operative risks of this procedure should be clearly defined in order to provide optimal care to these patients. METHODS A systematic review of the literature and an analysis of evidence-based recomm...

The present study analyzed the ultrasonic features of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) and papillary thyroid non-microcarcinoma (non-PTMC) with the aim of improving the diagnostic value of ultrasonography. The ultrasonic features of 328 patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), as confirmed by pathology, were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were diagnosed with PTMC if the tumor...