Abstract
Ultrasound (US) plays a critical role in the evaluation, treatment, screening, and surveillance of thyroid malignancy in pediatric patients. This review aims to summarize recent advances in this topic. Improvements in imaging technology have amplified the advantage of US and US-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy for thyroid nodule evaluation, cancer diagnosis, and surgical planning. Ultrasound has a definitive screening role for early cancer detection in high-risk patients, including those with a history of radiation exposure from childhood treatments, environmental radiation disasters, or hereditary/familial cancer syndromes. Finally, US is a key component of lifelong surveillance for recurrence among pediatric thyroid cancer survivors.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2311-2324 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2018 |
Keywords
- American thyroid association guidelines
- Head and neck
- Lymph node surveillance
- Pediatrics
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid/ parathyroid
- Thyroidectomy
- Ultrasound
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging