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From: Ultrasound-guided percutaneous laser ablation for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a retrospective analysis of 37 patients

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a 66-year-old male with a PTMC lesion near the trachea in whom conventional ultrasound examination showed a 9.7 mm × 8.4 mm × 5.5 mm hypoechoic nodule. b After PLA, CEUS revealed a hypoechoic area in the original area, and some debris in the centre presented as strong echoes, which demonstrated that the lesion had been completely ablated. c One month after PLA treatment, conventional ultrasound examination showed a 15.1 mm × 6.2 mm × 3.3 mm hyperechoic nodule. d Eighteen months after PLA treatment, conventional ultrasound examination showed that the lesion had completely disappeared

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