Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Malignant and Normal Cervical Lymph Nodes
| Autor: | R. Brooke Jeffrey, Craig P. Giacomini, Lewis K. Shin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology business.industry Carcinoma Echogenicity Image Enhancement medicine.disease Lymphoma medicine.anatomical_structure Vascularity Head and Neck Neoplasms Cervical lymphadenopathy Cervical lymph nodes Lymphatic Metastasis medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Lymph Nodes Radiology Lymph medicine.symptom business Thyroid cancer Neck Ultrasonography |
| Zdroj: | Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI. 34:236-247 |
| ISSN: | 0887-2171 |
| DOI: | 10.1053/j.sult.2013.04.003 |
| Popis: | Head and neck malignancies, including squamous cell carcinoma, lymphoma, and thyroid cancer, are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and frequently present with cervical lymphadenopathy. Distinguishing normal from malignant lymph nodes is critical for accurate staging, prognosis, and determination of optimal therapeutic options. Gray-scale, power, and color Doppler ultrasonography offers an inexpensive yet effective method in identifying abnormal cervical lymph nodes. Sonographic nodal features that should be assessed include size, shape, echotexture (including microcalcifications and cystic changes), presence of an echogenic hilus, and vascularity. Although no single sonographic feature can accurately distinguish malignant from normal nodes, a combination of these characteristics can help to make this determination. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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