Is lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma serious? What are the dangers of lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma?

Thyroid lymphoma is a relatively common disease. In recent years, the incidence of thyroid cancer can be said to be very high. This is a highly prevalent malignant tumor, accounting for about 1% to 2% of malignant tumors in the body, especially common in women. It is divided into papilloma, follicular carcinoma, etc., and the chance of metastasis is very high. The most common is that papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasizes through the cervical lymph nodes, while follicular carcinoma lymph node metastasis is relatively rare. So is the lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma serious?

Thyroid cancer types can be classified as:

There are four major types of thyroid cancer: papillary carcinoma, follicular carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, and poorly differentiated carcinoma. If the patient does not receive timely treatment, the chance of thyroid cancer metastasis is very high.

Is thyroid lymph node metastasis serious?

1. The most common type of papillary thyroid cancer, the main metastatic route is cervical lymph node metastasis, blood metastasis is rare. The course of the disease is long, surgical treatment has a good prognosis, and it is a well-differentiated thyroid cancer.

2. Follicular carcinoma rarely metastasizes to lymph nodes, but relatively more often metastasizes to blood. It generally has a long course of disease and good prognosis after surgical treatment. It is a well-differentiated thyroid cancer.

3. Medullary carcinoma is rare, but cervical lymph node metastasis may usually occur.

4. Poorly differentiated carcinoma is extremely rare, but highly malignant, often with lymph node metastasis and hematogenous metastasis. It usually leads to death due to local lesions, accounting for 80% of all thyroid deaths.

5. Symptoms of local metastasis: In the late stage of local metastasis of thyroid cancer, hard and fixed lymph nodes often appear in the neck. Clinically, papillary carcinoma and medullary carcinoma are more likely to have metastasis and enlarged lymph nodes in the neck.

6. Local compression symptoms: If the thyroid tumor continues to swell, it may compress the recurrent laryngeal nerve, causing hoarseness, dysphagia and weight loss if it invades the esophagus, dyspnea, hemoptysis and chest discomfort if it invades or compresses the trachea. If the thyroid tumor continues to swell, it may compress the recurrent laryngeal nerve, causing hoarseness, dysphagia and weight loss, and if it invades or compresses the trachea, it may cause pain, numbness or weakness in the hands and feet if it metastasizes to the spinal cord.