Difference between revisions of "Thyroid cancer staging"

Thyroid cancer staging (view source)

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lymph node criteria changed 8th ed

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 |pT3
-| >4 cm and limited to thyroid ''or'' "minimal" extrathyroidal extension
+| >4 cm and limited to thyroid (pT3a) ''or'' extension into strap muscles (e.g sternothyroid m., sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, omohyoid) (pT3b)
-| "minimal" extrathyroidal extension = sternothyroid m. or perithyroidal tissue
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 | pN1a
-| metastasis to level VI
+| metastasis to level VI or VII
-| level VI = pretracheal, paratracheal, prelaryngeal/Delphian, perithyroidal
+| level VI = pretracheal, paratracheal, prelaryngeal/Delphian, perithyroidal; VII = mediastinal lymph nodes
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 | pN1b
-| metastasis to level I, II, III, IV, V, or retropharyngeal, mediastinal lymph nodes (VII)
+| metastasis to level I, II, III, IV, V, or retropharyngeal
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