Table 2.
Ultrasonographic features of thyroid metastasis from clear cell renal cell carcinoma reported in previous studies.
| Study | Year | Cases reported, n | Ultrasonographic features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandemergel et al. (4) | 2021 | 1 | Single lesion, solid, hypoechoic, irregular shape, lobulated, without calcification, and with rich blood flow |
| Tian et al. (5) | 2020 | 1 | Multiple lesions, hypoechoic, solid-cystic, unclear boundary, with calcification, and with relatively rich blood flow |
| Al Abdrabalnabi et al. (6) | 2019 | 1 | Single lesion, solid-cystic, unclear boundary, without calcification |
| Song et al. (7) | 2017 | 9 | Single lesion (3/9), multiple lesions (6/9), solid (9/9), hypoechoic (9/9), clear boundary (8/9), with calcification (0/9), and with rich blood flow (9/9) |
| Gheorghiu et al. (8) | 2016 | 1 | Single lesion, mixed echoic, solid-cystic, clear boundary, without calcification and with rich blood flow in the solid region |
| Cilengir et al. (9) | 2016 | 1 | Single lesion, solid, hypoechoic, with clear boundary, irregular shape, lobulated, with microcalcification, and with rich blood flow |
| Kobayashi et al. (10) | 2015 | 10 | Single lesion (8/10), multiple lesions (2/10), solid (10/10), hypoechoic (10/10), clear boundary (10/10), irregular shape (9/10), without calcification (10/10), and with rich blood flow (10/10) |
| Andrioli et al. (11) | 2014 | 1 | Single lesion, solid, hypoechoic, without calcification, posterior irregular margins, and with rich blood flow |
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