Thyroid carcinomas incidentally found in the cervical lymph nodes ...

Table 4. The levels and number of lymph nodes with occult thyroid carcinomaAuthorsCase No.No. of lymph nodesLevel II Level III Level IV Level VITotalPitman KT et al. 1 1 0 0 0 1Fliegelman LJ et al. 2 3 1 0 0 4Coskun H et al. 3 0 8 2 1 11Resta L et al. 7 2 2 6 1 11Ours 3 3 8 5 0 16Total 16 9 19 13 2 43The cases of Pitman KT et al. 10) , Fliegelman LJ et al. 4) , Coskun H et al. 5) , Resta L et al. 7) and ours were added.20