The Role of MR Imaging in Detecting Nodal Disease in Thyroidectomy Patients with Rising Thyroglobulin Levels

Abstract

MR imaging of the neck should be considered in thyroidectomy patients with rising serum thyroglobulin levels and a history of radioiodine therapy and neck dissection. Radiologists should carefully examine the retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal spaces in these patients because nodal metastases may occur there more commonly than realized.