Journal article
Common and uncommon sonographic features of papillary thyroid carcinoma
Journal of ultrasound in medicine, Vol.22(10), pp.1083-1090
10/01/2003
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.10.1083
PMID: 14606565
Abstract
OBJECTIVETo determine the relative frequency of various sonographic findings in papillary carcinoma of the thyroid.METHODSWe retrospectively analyzed the sonographic features in 55 patients with proven papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. Sonographic features analyzed were echo texture, cystic change, margin, contour, presence of a peripheral halo, vascularity, and calcification pattern. Features were classified as common (> or = 35% of cases) or uncommon (< 10% of cases). Combinations of features were also analyzed.RESULTSCommon sonographic features of papillary carcinoma included hypoechoic texture (86%), microcalcifications (42%) or no calcifications (47%), well-defined margins (47%), and intrinsic hypervascularity (69%). Uncommon features included hyperechoic or mixed echo texture, cystic elements, irregular margins, hypovascularity, and coarse or peripheral calcifications. Of the 29 lesions that had calcifications, 20 (69%) had microcalcifications; 5 (17%) had coarse calcifications; and 1 had peripheral calcifications. In total, 54% of cases had at least 1 uncommon feature, and 11% had 2 or more uncommon features. Cystic carcinomas were rare and accounted for only 6% of lesions; all had hypervascular solid components. No carcinomas in our series were completely avascular.CONCLUSIONSThere is a broad spectrum of sonographic findings in papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. Half of the lesions in this series had at least 1 uncommon sonographic feature.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Common and uncommon sonographic features of papillary thyroid carcinoma
- Creators
- Bryan K Chan - Stanford UniversityTerry S Desser - Stanford UniversityI Ross McDougall - Stanford UniversityRonald J Weigel - Thomas Jefferson UniversityR Brooke Jeffrey - Stanford University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of ultrasound in medicine, Vol.22(10), pp.1083-1090
- DOI
- 10.7863/jum.2003.22.10.1083
- PMID
- 14606565
- ISSN
- 0278-4297
- eISSN
- 1550-9613
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2003
- Academic Unit
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Surgery; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984284336502771
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