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카테고리 | 초음파 유형 | 암 위험도(%) | 계산된 암 위험도(%) | 세침흡인검사 c |
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5 높은의심 | 암 의심 초음파 소견 b이 있는 저에코 고형결절 | >60 | 79 (61–85) | >1 cm (선택적으로 >0.5 cm d) |
4 중간의심 | 1) 암 의심 초음파 소견이 없는 저에코 고형결절 혹은 | 15–50 | 25 (15–34) | ≥1 cm |
2) 암 의심 초음파 소견이 있는 부분 낭성 혹은 등고에코 결절 | ||||
3 낮은의심 | 암 의심 초음파 소견이 없는 부분 낭성 혹은 등/고에코결절 | 3–15 | 8 (6–10) | ≥1.5 cm |
2 양성 | 1) 해면모양 | <3 | 0 | ≥2 cm |
2) comet tail artifact 보이는 부분 낭성 결절 혹은 순수 낭종 | <1 | 0 | ||
1 무결절 | – | – |
Table 3.
Table 4.
Category | US | CT |
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Suspicious a | Cystic change | Cystic change |
Calcification (micro/macro) | Calcification (micro/macro) | |
Hyperechogenicity (focal or diffuse) | Heterogeneous enhancement | |
Abnormal vascularity (peripheral or diffuse) | Strong enhancement (focal or diffuse) | |
Indeterminate b | Loss of central hilar echo and absence of central hilar vascularity | Loss of central hilar fat and absence of central hilar vessel enhancement |
Benign c | Central hilar echo | Central hilar fat |
Central hilar vascularity | Central hilar vessel enhancement |
Table 5.
인자 | 증상과 징후 |
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문진 | 음성 이상, 연하곤란, 기도 관련 증상, 객혈, 통증, 빠른 진행, 경부 또는 상흉부 수술 병력 |
이학적 검사 | 후두나 기관에 고정된 광범위하고 단단한 종물 |
영상학적 검사 | 후방 갑상선 외 침범 또는 기관식도 침범이 있는 경우, |
반회후두신경 또는 미주신경의 주행을 따라 광범위한 경부 림프절종이 있는 경우 |
Table 6.
Table 7.
Table 8.
저위험군 | ▪유두암(아래 항목을 모두 충족하는 경우) |
1) 국소 및 원격전이가 없고 | |
2) 수술로 육안적 병소가 모두 제거되었으며 | |
3) 주위조직으로의 침윤이 없고 | |
4) 나쁜 예후를 갖는 조직형(키큰세포 변이종, 원주형세포 변이종, hobnail 변이종)이 아니며 | |
5) 방사성요오드 잔여갑상선제거술 이후에 시행한 첫 번째 치료 후 전신스캔에서 갑상선 부위(thyroid bed) 외에는 섭취가 없는 경우 | |
6) 혈관 침범이 없는 경우 | |
7) 림프절전이가 없거나 미세 림프절전이(<0.2 cm) 가 5개 이하인 경우∗ | |
▪갑상선 내에 국한된 피막에 둘러싸인 여포 변이종 유두암∗ | |
▪갑상선 내에 국한된 여포암의 경우 혈관 침범이 없거나 경미한(4부위 이하) 경우∗ | |
▪갑상선 내에 국한된 미세유두암(다발성이거나 BRAF V600E 돌연변이 양성 포함됨) ∗ | |
중간위험군 | 1) 수술 후 병리조직검사에서 갑상선 주위 연조직으로 현미경적 침윤 소견 |
2) 첫번째 방사성요오드 잔여갑상선제거술 후 전신스캔에서 갑상선 부위 이외의 경부 섭취가 있는 경우 | |
3) 원발 종양이 나쁜 예후를 갖는 조직형이거나, 혈관 침범 소견이 있는 경우 | |
4) 임상적으로 림프절전이가 있거나(clinical N1) 3 cm 미만 크기의 림프절전이(pathologic N1)가 5개를 초과하거나∗, | |
5) 갑상선 외 침범이 있고 BRAF V600E 돌연변이 양성인 다발성 미세유두암∗ | |
고위험군 | 1) 종양이 육안적으로 주위 조직을 침범하였거나, |
2) 종양을 완전히 제거하지 못하였거나, | |
3) 원격전이가 있거나 | |
4) 수술 후 혈중 갑상선글로불린 농도가 높아서 전이가 의심되거나 | |
5) 경부 림프절전이의 최대 직경이 3 cm 이상인 경우∗ | |
6) 광범위한 혈관 침범(4 부위 초과)이 있는 여포암∗ |
∗ 의 항목을 제외한 모든 항목들은 권고수준 1에 해당하며, ∗은 권고수준 3임