• Department of Thyroid Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang 550004, Guizhou Province, China;
ZHAO Daiwei, Email: zhaodw@hotmail.com
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Objective To explore the pattern and clinical influencing factors of cervical lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), and provide a basis for the choice of surgical approach for the PTC neck lymph node processing.
Methods The clinical data of 98 patients with PTC treated in Affiliated Hospital of Guiyang Medical College from Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2011 were collected, and the pattern and clinical influencing factors of cervical lymph node metastasis were analyzed.
Results Ninety eight consecutive patients underwent neck dissection in a total of 114 sides. The lymph node metastasis rate of cervical lymph node, districtⅥ, districtⅡ+Ⅲ+Ⅳ, and districtⅤwas 77.55% (76/98), 74.49% (73/98), 42.86% (42/98), and 5.10% (5/98), respectively. Results of univariate analysis showed that lymph node metastasis rates were higher in patients with diameter of tumor greater than 1 cm, tumor invaded thyroid capsule, multi-focal tumor, and old than 45 years (P<0.05). Results of multivariate analysis showed that the age of patients, diameter of tumor, tumor invaded thyroid capsule, and multifocal tumor were independent risk factors of cervical lymph node metastasis (P<0.05). Tumor invaded thyroid capsule, multifocal tumor, combined with districtⅥmetastasis, and combined with districtⅡ+Ⅲ+Ⅳ metastasis were independent risk factors of prelaryngeal lymph node metastasis (P<0.05). Tumor invaded thyroid capsule and multifocal tumor were independent risk factors of skip lymph node metastasis (P<0.05).
Conclusions DistrictⅥ is found to be the predominant site for lymph node metastasis of PTC, the districtⅢ and the districtⅣinvolved in addition, so it is necessary to clean lymph nodes at districtⅥ routinely. The regularity of cervical lymph node metastasis can provide the basis for surgeon to choose a reasonable type of neck dissection.

Citation: GAO Qingjun,WANG Nanpeng,ZHOU Yan,DUAN Haisong,GAO Rongjun,ZHAO Daiwei,GONG Weidong,HUANG Kun,.. Metastatic Pattern and Influencing Factors of Cervical Lymph Node in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2013, 20(3): 303-309. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20130076 Copy

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