Efficacy of ultrasound-guided percutaneous ethanol injection treatment in patients with a limited number of metastatic cervical lymph nodes from papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Context: Repeated neck explorations can be a difficult task in patients with recurrent metastatic cervical lymph nodes from papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).

Objective: The aim of this retrospective study has been to assess the efficacy of ultrasound (US)-guided percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) as treatment of metastatic cervical lymph nodes from PTC.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-nine patients who previously had undergone thyroidectomy for PTC were selected for inclusion.

The usefulness of detecting thyroglobulin in fine-needle aspirates from patients with neck lesions using a sensitive thyroglobulin assay.

The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic utility of thyroglobulin (Tg) in fine needle aspirates (Tg-FNAB) of nonthyroidal neck masses using a sensitive in-house method for detecting Tg in washout specimens. A total of 256 samples from 145 patients were evaluated for Tg in washout specimen from FNAB and compared to corresponding cytological smear and histology of 46 surgical specimens. Tg was measured by a sensitive in-house time-resolved immunofluorometric assay.

[Fine needle cytology of the thyroid gland].

Background: Application of fine needle cytology (FNC) is important in the preoperative assessment of thyroid lesions. The method is rapid, minimally invasive and cost effective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of fine needle cytology at The Norwegian Radium Hospital in the management of thyroid nodules.