[Value of thyroid lymphography in diagnosing thyroid cancer].

The results of thyroidlymphography carried out in 122 patients with thyroid cancer and 82 cases of benign tumor were analysed. Reliable thyroidlymphographic criteria of malignancy were established on the basis of a comparison of roentgenomorphologic and statistical findings. The significance of the said criteria for making timely diagnosis of cancer with concomitant adenomatosis and chronic thyroiditis is discussed.