Lymphadenopathy in Autoimmune Thyroiditis: Paratracheal Lymph Nodes are Indeed Crucial

Importance of sonographic paratracheal lymph node evaluationin early autoimmune thyroiditis.

BACKGROUND/AIM To review the sonographic views of paratracheal lymph nodes (PLNs) in the diagnosis and during different stages of autoimmune thyroiditis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Features of the PLNs (left and right), thyroid sonography, and laboratory data were investigated in 126 cases. Patients were divided into three groups by using thyroid sonographic criteria in the literature (group 1: co...

Relationship of paratracheal lymph nodes with the progression of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis: 5-year follow-up results

Background/aim: To examine changes in paratracheal lymph nodes (PLNs) and the relationship with the course of the disease in patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (CAT) 5 years after diagnosis. Materials and methods: A total of 169 patients with newly diagnosed CAT and 53 healthy subjects were included in the study. All patients underwent ultrasonographic (US) examinations of the thyroid...

An Analytical Study of Lymphadenopathy in Rajasthan. (160 Lymph Nodes)

Mediastinoscopy: a diagnostic procedure in hilar and paratracheal lymphadenopathy.

Mediastinoscopy, in the skilled hands of a thoracic surgeon, is a safe, cosmetically accepted procedure with negligible complications, less than that reported in many series of scalene node biopsies. It has the advantage of yielding a much higher rate of diagnostic tissue, in all instances over 90%O. In the cases of tuberculosis it enabled an organism to be isolated and sensitivities obtained. ...

Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumour of the Trachea with Paratracheal Lymph Nodes and Mediastinal Invasion

Objective: We describe a rare case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the trachea in a 47 years old female with paratracheal lymph nodes infiltration and mediastinal extension, who presented with progressive difficulty in breathing. (Rawal Med J 2009;34:115-116).