Objective:To analyze the causes of reoperation for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and summarize experience to reduce avoidable reoperations.Methods:We retrospectively studied 60 patients with PTC who underwent reoperation in the Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from Jan. 2013 to Dec. 2017. Through the clinical description of the recurrence of tumors in different regions and the differences between the recurrence of reoperation and Clinical characteristics, the cause of the reoperation and the risk of recurrence are analyzed.Results:Of the 60 PTC patients included in this study, 11 (18.3%) had lymph node metastasis (LNM) in the central plus lateral compartment of the affected side; 34 (56.7%) only had lymph node metastasis of the affected side compartment; There were 6 (10.0%) metastasis to the lymph node posterior to right recurrent laryngeal nerve (LN-prRLN) ; 10 (16.7%) patients had lymph node metastases in the contralateral compartment; We found that patients with recurrence after reoperation were older ( P=0.003) , the more number of lymph node metastases (LNMN) ( P=0.037) , and with higher level of thyroglobulin than that before reoperation ( P=0.034) ; and multivariate analysis indicated that LNMN in initial operation ( OR=1.174, P=0.008) , age ( OR=1.130, P=0.014) and Tg level before reoperation ( OR=1.156, P=0.040) were all independent predictors for recurrence after reoperation. Conclusions:Local lymph nodes recurrence/persistence is the main reason for reoperation in our study. LNM of the initial operation and age affect the prognosis after reoperation. Reoperation is difficult and risky, and attention should be paid to the protection of parathyroid glands and recurrent laryngeal nerve by nerve monitoring and frozen biopsy.

Objective:To analyze the risk factors of the number of central lymph node metastasis (CLNM) >5 in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) with clinical lymph node negative (cN0) .Methods:A total of 1567 cases of unilateral cN0 PTMC patients undergoing surgery at Endocrine and Breast Surgery Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from Jan. 2013 to Dec. 2018 were analyzed retrospectively. There were 405 cases of male and 1162 cases of female among them. According to the CLNM, they were divided into 0-5 and ≥5 groups. Clinicopathological characteristics of two groups were compared with Chi-square test and χ 2 test, et al. Results:The case of CLNM>5 involved was 4.1% (65/1567) .Univariate analysis showed that male, age ≤50 years old, tumor diameter> 8 mm, multifocal cancer all were related to CLNM>5 involved ( P<0.05) , multivariate logistic regression analysis found that male ( OR=1.886, P=0.017) , age ≤50 years ( OR=3.778, P=0.002) , tumor diameter>8 mm ( OR=2.483, P<0.001) and multifocal cancer ( OR=2.362, P=0.005) were independent risk factors for CLNM>5. Subgroup analysis showed that the number of Delphian lymph nodes metastasis≥1 ( OR=13.475, P<0.001) , pretracheal lymph nodes metastasis≥2 ( OR=41.695, P<0.001) , and Delphian+pretracheal lymph nodes metastasis≥2 ( OR=28.750, P<0.001) were also independent risk factors for CLNM>5. Conclusions:Unilateral PTMC patients who are male and age ≤50 years old with tumor diameter>8 mm, multifocal cancer have higher risk of central lymph nodes more than 5 involved, surgical treatment and prophylactic central neck dissection are recommended to such patients instead of long-term follow-up observation.Total thyroidectomy should be selected appropriately according to the intraoperative situation.

Objective:To investigate the patterns and risk factors of central lymph node metastasis in node-negative neck (cN0) papillary thyroid carcinoma located in the isthmus. To discuss different operation methods and the postoperative complications to find out the appropriate surgical approach and scope.Methods:Forty-eight patients with cN0 papillary thyroid carcinoma located in isthmus for surgery at the First Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from Jan. 2013 to Dec. 2019 were reviewed retrospectively. They were divided into two groups: the lymph node metastatic group and the lymph node non-metastatic group. The metastatic lymph node group was further divided into the group with the number of lymph node metastasis ≤5 and the lymph node metastasis > 5. The clinical features, including gender, age, number and size of tumor, extrathyroidal extension, and whether combined with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, the incidence of central lymph node metastasis and related factors, the scope of surgery, postoperative complications and recurrence were analyzed. SPSS 21.0 statistical software was used for statistical analysis, t test was used for measurement data, and χ2 test was used for counting data. Results:Among 48 patients, 27 had lymph node metastasis, with a metastatic rate of 56.25% (27/48) . Lymph node metastasis in pretracheal, prelaryngeal, left and right paratracheal lymph node was present in 47.9%, 22.9%, 20.8% and 16.7% of the patients respectively. The proportion and risk of lymph node metastasis were significantly increased in patients with tumor size>1 cm ( P=0.014, OR=6.78, 95% CI:1.59-28.95) . In patients with the number of lymph node metastasis > 5, the incidence of tumor size > 1 cm, prelaryngeal, left and right paratracheal lymph node metastasis was significantly higher than that of patients with lymph node metastasis ≤5 ( P=0.008, P=0.033, P=0.025, P=0.027) . There was a higher proportion of pretracheal or prelaryngeal lymph node metastasis in patients with left paratracheal lymph node metastasis ( ( P=0.008, P=0.007) . Multivariate analyses of risk factors associated with paratracheal lymph node metastasis indicated that the paratracheal lymph node metastasis correlated with the metastasis of pretracheal and (or) prelaryngeal lymph node ( P=0.016, OR=5.92, 95% CI:1.39-25.3) . In 48 patients with cN0 isthmic PTC, 43 cases underwent total thyroidectomy plus bilateral central lymph node dissection, and 5 patients reseived extended isthmus resection plus prelaryngeal and pretracheal lymph node dissection. 21 (41.8%) patients in total thyroidectomy group had PTH reduction, which was a transient hypoparathyroidism. 48 patients were followed up for 1-6 years without recurrence or metastasis. Conclusions:cN0 isthmic papillary thyroid carcinoma has a high incidence of central lymph node metastasis. Pretracheal and prelaryngeal lymph node are the most common metastatic location. For patients with tumor size>1 cm, a total thyroidectomy plus bilateral prophylactic central lymphadenectomy is needed. However, for patients without capsular invasion, tumor size≤1 cm, without pretracheal and prelaryngeal lymph node metastasis confirmed by intraoperative fast-frozen pathology, extended isthmus resection plus prophylactic pretracheal and prelaryngeal lymphadenectomy can be selected for reducing the complications of operation.

Ectopic thyroid gland refers to the presence of thyroid tissue outside the normal position of the neck, which is relatively rare in clinical practice, and ectopic and cancer change is rare. This article focuses on a patient with "supraclavicular mass" as the first symptom admitted to the Thyroid Surgery Department of Binzhou People’s Hospital, After the operation, the pathology confirmed ectopic thyroid cancer with lymph node metastasis, and the imaging showed lung metastasis. This article summarizes the case data.

Objective:To analyze the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and clinicopathological characteristics of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) .Methods:The clinicopathological data of 1025 PTC patients who underwent surgery therapy in Department of Endocrine and Breast surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from Jan. 2016 to Dec. 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. BMI was calculated according to height and weight, and patients were divided into normal weight group (BMI<24 kg/m 2) and overweight and obese group (BMI≥24 kg/m 2) . The differences in clinicopathological characteristics of PTC patients in different BMI groups were compared, and the correlation between BMI and clinicopathological characteristics of PTC patients was studied. In addition, 342 PTC patients who underwent BRAF V600E and TERT gene tests were compared with different BMI groups to explore the relationship between BMI and BRAF V600E and TERT gene mutations. Results:In this research, there were 591 (57.66%) patients in the normal weight group and 434 (42.34%) patients in the overweight and obese group. Univariate analysis showed that BMI was associated with gender, age and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. There were more male gender ( P<0.001) , and age≥55 years ( P<0.001) in overweight and obese groups, and less with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis ( P=0.045) in overweight and obese groups. There was no correlation between BMI and the clinicopathological features of PTC, such as bilaterality, multiformity, tumor size, etc. Otherwise, BMI was a weak protective factor for numbers of lymph node metastasis>5 of PTC ( OR=0.947, CI95%=0.9900-0.997, P=0.037) , and it was not correlated with extra thyroidal extension. There were no significant correlation between BMI and the clinicopathological characteristics of PTC patients of different genders, such as tumor size, bilaterality, extra thyroidal extension, lymph node metastasis, etc. A significant relationship was found between BMI and BRAF V600E mutation in PTC patients ( P=0.044) , while it was not correlated between BMI and TERT mutation ( P=0.516) . Conclusions:Our study suggests that BMI is associated with age, gender, hashimoto’s thyroiditis and BRAF V600E mutation in PTC patients, while there was no significant correlation with the aggressiveness in PTC. More radical treatment for PTC patients who were overweight or obese is not recommended.

Objective:To explore the tracing effect of nano-carbon in the cervical lymph nodes of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and the guiding role of the dissection strategy of the contralateral lymph nodes.Methods:The medical records of 516 patients with PTC in Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from Jan. 2013 to Dec. 2017, including cN0 patients (436 cases) and cN1 patients (80 cases) , were retrospectively analyzed. There were 137 males and 379 females, the male to female ratio was 1.00:2.76. During the operation, nano-carbon was used to trace lymph nodes, and the number of lymph nodes in each lateral area (area II, III, IV) was collected, and the rate of black stained and non-black stained lymph node metastasis (LNM) was calculated based on the postoperative pathological results. SPSS 22.0 statistical software was used for analysis, t test was used for measurement data, and χ2 test was used for count data. Results:In 436 patients with cN0, the black-stained LNM rate in zone II ( P=0.002) , the black-stained LNM rate in zone III ( P=0.000) , and the black-stained LNM rate in zone IV ( P=0.002) were higher than those of non-black stained LNM. The rate of black-stained LNM in 80 cN1 patients (Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ) was also higher than that of non-black-stained LNM (0.011, 0.019, 0.015) . The rate of black-stained LNM in cN0 patients affected the LNM in areas Ⅱ and Ⅳ ( P=0.000, P=0.000) . In patients with cN1, the black-stained LNM rate in zone Ⅲ had an effect on zone Ⅱ (0.030) ; it had no effect on the black-stained LNM rate in zone Ⅳ (0.315) . Conclusion:The black-stained LNM rate of the posterior zone (zone Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ) with nano-carbon can represent the LNM rate of the lateral zone and help guide the lymph node dissection in the lateral zone. In addition, the black-stained LNM rate of zone Ⅲ can affect zone Ⅱ. The LNM rate in zone IV has the role of sentinel lymph nodes in the lateral zone.

Objective:To summarize the clinical manifestations and color Doppler ultrasonography of benign lymphoepithelial disease (BLL) in lacrimal gland, so as to improve the diagnostic accuracy of lacrimal BLL.Methods:Clinical manifestations and color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI) features of lacrimal BLL in 16 patients (2 males and 14 females, with 31 lesions) who visited the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University from November 2014 to August 2019 were retrospectively analyzed.Results:The performance for lesions in patients with duration less than 3 months was scattered in irregular low echo, lesion blood flow signals within the rich (Adler Ⅱ level), pathologic examination results showed more lymphocytes were seen in the lacrimal matrix, and the myoepithelium of the lacrimal duct grew to form the epithelium-myocutaneous island. The ultrasonic feasures in patients with course of 3-6 months were in multiple categories such as circular low echo, "honeycomb" change, CDFI showed lesions with a lot of blood flow signals (Adler Ⅲ level), the pathological examination results indicated that there were a large number of lymphocytes and epithelial-musculocutaneous islands in the lacrimal matrix, and the lymphocytes were significantly increased compared with patients with the course of disease less than 3 months. The ultrasound results in patients with a course of more than 6 months showed lesions in multiple categories such as circular low echo, and large low echo, greater than 3 mm in diameter, CDFI showed lesions within the same large amounts of blood flow signals (Adler Ⅲ level), the pathological examination results were consistent with the course of 3 to 6 months. One patient had positive tuberculin test and 11 had higher IgG4 than normal.The number of lymphocytes increased with the prolongation of disease course.Conclusions:With the expert knowledge of color Doppler ultrasonographic characteristics of lacrimal gland BLL and with the serum IgG4 level helps to improve the accuracy of ultrasonic diagnosis.

Objective:To investigate the risk factors associated with lymph node posterior to right recurrent laryngeal nerve (LN-prRLN) metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) , and analyze the clinical value of surgical dissection of LN-prRLN.Methods:Clinical data of 140 PTC patients admitted to the same treatment group from Jun. 2014 to Oct. 2015 (all patients underwent LN-prRLN area dissection, group A) were retrospectively analyzed. Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to analyze high-risk factors for LN- prRLN metastasis, and another 171 cases without LN-prRLN area dissection (group B) were collected as the control group. The total number of lymph nodes dissected in the central area on the right was compared to analyze the proportion of lymph nodes in the LN-prRLN area.Results:Of the 140 patients in group A, the right cervical lymph node metastasis rate was 64.3% (90/140) , the central zone lymph node metastasis rate was 63.6% (89/140) , and the LN-prRLN regional lymph node metastasis rate was 17.9% (25/140) . Univariate analysis showed that tumors>1 cm, multiple tumors, capsule invasion, clinical lymph node staging cN1,VI-1 and cervical lymph node metastasis were correlated with LN-prRLN metastasis ( P<0.05) . Multivariate analysis showed that capsule invasion ( OR=4.599, P=0.037) and cervical lymph node metastasis ( OR=3.505, P=0.036) were risk factors for LN-prRLN metastasis. By comparison with the control group, the total number of lymph node dissections in the right central area of group B was significantly less than that of group A ( P<0.01) . Conclusions:PTC patients have a high rate of lymph node metastasis in the right central area, and lymph nodes in the LN-prRLN area occupy a certain proportion. RN-prRLN should be routinely cleaned to ensure the completeness and thoroughness of the dissection, and to minimize the possibility of performing a second operation due to recurrence of residual lymph nodes after operation. More importance should be attached to LN-prRLN dissection when the tumor is more than 1 cm, the tumor is multiple, the capsule is invaded, in clinical lymph node stage cN1, VI-1 and with cervical lymph node metastasis.

In recent years, the detection rate and incidence of thyroid cancer are increasing, and there is a gap in the number and quality of thyroid surgeons. In order to meet the short-term clinical needs, young surgeons who are interested in thyroid cause and have the foundation of general surgery for 3 to 5 years can be selected to carry out 0.5-1 year thyroid surgery specialist training, while from the long-term demand, it is recommended to carry out thyroid surgery specialist training (2-3 years). Here, this paper puts forward some specific views and suggestions on the goal, content and assessment system of short-term and long-term thyroid surgery specialist training.

The incidence of thyroid carcinoma is increasing.Because of the special location,patients usually have cosmetic requirements for thyroid surgery.Compared with open surgery,improved Miccoli surgery,total endoscopic surgery,radiofrequency ablation and other minimally invasive surgery have obvious advantages in cosmetology,but the surgical indications are limited.Through incision design and protection,appropriate suture materials,standard suture methods and negative pressure drainage measures,we can effectively reduce the scar formation of open surgery,and improve the cosmetic results.Preoperative individualized treatment should be formulated according to the patient's actual situation,tumor nature,cosmetic needs,hospital conditions and other comprehensive factors.