Thyroid nodule MRI

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MRI is not a good choice for cervical lymph node metastases evaluation as its sensitivity is low (30-40%), but as an alternative imaging modalitiy, may be useful in the assessment of tumors with the following features:

• Large tumors
• Rapidly growing tumors
• Retrosternal tumors
• Invasive tumors
  • To assess the involvement of extrathyroidal tissues

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Zbaren P, Becker M, Lang H 1997 Pretherapeutic staging of hypopharyngeal carcinoma. Clinical findings, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging compared with histopathologic evaluation. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 123:908–913

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