In honor of Thyroid Awareness Month, we are exploring the causes of thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer in our community.

Neck ultrasonography is widely used for follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid ... results of ultrasound scans with the pathological findings from dissected lymph nodes of 19 patients ...

The most common cause is swollen lymph nodes due to infections like colds ... and a physical exam or thyroid ultrasound can help assess whether the lump requires further evaluation.

Role of thyroglobulin measurement in fine-needle aspiration biopsies of cervical lymph nodes in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroid 9 , 105–111 (1999). Article CAS Google Scholar ...

However, a previous ultrasound may ... presence of lymph nodes, distant metastases) and age is the general tumor risk assessment algorithm. A number of thyroid-specific staging protocols have ...

Around 80-90% of thyroid cancer cases are papillary cancer. Papillary cancer can spread to the lymph nodes in the neck, and in rare cases to the lungs. Fortunately, papillary thyroid cancer is the ...