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compared the results of ultrasound scans with the pathological findings from dissected lymph nodes of 19 patients who underwent neck surgery for DTC recurrence. Of 578 lymph nodes resected ...
However, very occasionally, swollen lymph nodes can be a sign of inflammation deeper inside the body, or more rarely, a sign of cancer, but in this case they are usually much larger than a pea.
Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.