cervical traumatic neuromas, diagnosis, ultrasound, pain management
Conditions
Interventions
Study group: 30 patients with post-operative status from thyroid cancer lateral neck dissection will be enrolled to ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of suspected cervical neural
Drug
Procedure/surgery
E01.370.225.500.384.100.119.500
E03.155.086.231
Sponsors
Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo - ICESP
Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo - ICESP
Fundação Faculdade de Medicina
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients with thyroid cancer who underwent to lateral neck dissection; ultrasound study evidencing nodular image in the third level neck compartment with suspected features of neuromas: oval shape; heterogeneous texture; no vascularity at color Doppler study; rigidity on elastography;
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: age < 18 year-old; active anticoagulant treatment; malignant biopsy-proven specimens; pregnancy and breast-feeding;
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| results from fine-needle aspiration biopsy of cervical neural scars verified by cytologic analysis: benign (%); indeterminate (%); malignant (%); imaging findings of cervical neural scars verified by ultrasound examination: hypoechogenicity (%); nerve continuity (%); Doppler vascularity (%); elastography compressibility (%); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| results from pain scale evaluation after perineural infiltration with steroid antiinflammatory drugs, verified by analogic pain scale questionnaires (0-10); | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactMaria Folgueira
Comissão de Ética para Análise de Projetos de Pesquisa - CAPPesq
Outcome results
None listed