Coexistent Hashimoto’s thyroiditis modulates lymph node metastasis burden in papillary thyroid carcinoma: a single-center study in South China
Concomitant HT is associated with a reduced metastatic burden rather than an increased prevalence of CLNM in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), and the necessity of prophylactic central lymph node dissection warrants individualized assessment combining clinical data and intraoperative observations to avoi...