Correlation analysis of ultrasound characteristics, BRAFV600E gene mutation and cervical lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma[J]. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound in Medicine, 2023,25(4).
Correlation analysis of ultrasound characteristics, BRAFV600E gene mutation and cervical lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma[J]. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound in Medicine, 2023,25(4).DOI:
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the characteristics of two-dimensional ultrasound images of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and the relationship between BRAFV600E mutation and cervical lymph node metastasis. Methods 316 patients with thyroid cancer underwent radical surgery in our hospital were selected. According to the pathological stage (pTNM) of thyroid cancer after surgery
those without cervical lymph node metastasis (pN0) were classified as (non metastasis group)
and those with cervical lymph node metastasis (pN1) were classified as (metastasis group). The differences of two-dimensional ultrasound image characteristics
clinical data and BRAFV600E mutation between the two groups were compared. Multi-factor logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the characteristics of PTC ultrasound image and the relationship between BRAFV600E mutation and cervical lymph node metastasis. ResuLts Among 316 PTC patients
156 (49.4%) in the metastatic group
98 (62.8%) had BRAFV600E mutation; 160 (50.6%) in the non-metastatic group
121 (75.6%) had BRAFV600E mutation. There were statistically significant differences between the metastatic group and the non-metastatic group in terms of age
number and size of lesions
sand calcification
aspect ratio
tumor margin
the relationship between lesions and membrane
and involvement of glandular lobes (all P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that patients' age
tumor size
sand calcification
aspect ratio
the relationship between lesion and membrane
and the involvement of glandular lobe were risk factors for pN1(all P< 0.05). Conclusion The cervical lymph node metastasis of PTC is related to the patient's age