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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

A neck dissection is surgery to remove all or some of the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue from the neck ... These small glands help control the amount of calcium in the body. Thyroid RFA is a ...