Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)


Print Feedback Export to File
9616081 
Journal Article 
Ultrasound-guided percutaneous ethanol injection in papillary thyroid cancer metastatic lymph-nodes 
Vannucchi, G; Covelli, D; Perrino, M; De Leo, S; Fugazzola, L 
2014 
Yes 
Endocrine
ISSN: 1355-008X
EISSN: 1559-0100 
47 
2 
648-651 
English 
24610207 
UNLABELLED: Post-operative neck nodal metastases are detected in 9-20 % of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Ultrasound-guided ethanol injection (UPEI) has been used with promising results in the treatment of PTC patients with limited number of lymph-node metastases.

CLINICAL CASE: We report the imaging and biochemical documentation of UPEI results in four metastatic neck lymph-nodes of papillary thyroid-cancer. A significant reduction both in the diameter of the lymph-nodes and in the serum thyroglobulin levels were observed in all cases and have been reported in a step-by-step sequence.

CONCLUSION: the UPEI treatment is a simple and suitable tool for the treatment of PTC cervical lymph-node metastases.