Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Serum calcitonin level (sCT) is a precise marker for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). However, lymph node (LN) metastases can be found in lower sCT, as well, and preoperative ultrasound may provide false negative findings on regional LNs. The aim was to present original technique of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy of jugulo-carotid regions, after methylene blue dye mapping procedure, and its usefulness for selection of clinically N0 patients with MTC for modif...