Prospective study demonstrates superior specificity of lymphatic contrast-enhanced ultrasound for thyroid nodules over conventional ultrasound, indicating strong clinical diagnostic utility.
<0.001）. Conclusions By revealing the lymphatic perfusion characteristics inside and around the nodules，LCEUS shows excellent efficacy in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules.LCEUS exhibits significantly better specificity and overall diagnostic ability than conventional ultrasound，demonstrating important clinical application value.
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