Comparison of CT and MR imaging in staging of neck metastases

Radiology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-130

  Curtin, Hugh D ^a,b   Ishwaran, Hemant ^c   Mancuso, Anthony A ^d   Dalley, Robert W ^e   Caudry, Daryl J ^b   McNeil, Barbara J ^b,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Head and neck neoplasms, CT; Head and neck neoplasms, MR; Lymphatic system, neoplasms; Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0031982342     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.207.1.9530307     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Johnson JT. A surgeon looks at cervical lymph nodes. Radiology 1990; 75:607-610.
2. Ogura JH, Biller HF, Wette R. Elective neck dissection for pharyngeal and laryngeal cancers. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1971; 80:646-650.
3. Bocca E, Calearo C, DeVincentiis I, Marullo T, Motta G, Ottaniani A. Occult metastases in cancer of the larynx and their relationship to clinical and histological aspects of the primary tumor. Laryngoscope 1984; 94:1086-1090.
4. Berger DS, Fletcher GH, Lindberg RD, Jesse RH. Elective irradiation of the neck lymphatics for squamous cell carcinomas of the nasopharynx and oropharynx. Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med 1971; 111:66-72.
5. Fletcher GH. Elective irradiation of subclinical disease: cancers of the head and neck. Cancer 1972; 29:1450-1454.
6. Marks JE, Breaux S, Smith PG. The need for elective irradiation of occult lymphatic metastases from cancers of the larynx and pyriform sinus. Head Neck Surg 1985; 8:3-8.
7. Sako K, Pradier RN, Marchetta FC, Pickren JW. Fallibility of palpation in the diagnosis of metastasis to cervical nodes. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1964; 118:989-990.
8. Lutz CK, Johnson JT, Wagner RL, Myers EN. Supraglottic cancer: patterns of recurrence. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1990; 99:12-17.
9. Snyderman NL, Johnson JT, Schramm VL Jr, Myers EN, Bedetti CD, Thearle P. Extracapsular spread of carcinoma in cervical lymph nodes. Cancer 1985; 56:1597-1599.
10. Nason RW, Sako K, Beecroft WA, Razack MS, Bakamjian VY, Sheed DP. Surgical management of squamous cell carcinoma of the floor of the mouth. Am J Surg 1989; 158:292-296.
11. Zeitels SM, Comanowski GF, Vincent ME, Malhotra C, Vaughan CW. A model for multidisciplinary data collection for cervical metastasis. Laryngoscope 1991; 101: 1313-1317.
12. Friedman M, Mafee MF, Pacella BL, Strorigl TL, Dew LL, Toriumi DM. Rationale for the elective neck dissection in 1990. Laryngoscope 1990; 100:54-59.
13. Mancuso AA, Maceri D, Rice D, Hanafee W. CT of cervical lymph node cancer. AJR 1981; 136:381-385.
14. Reede DL, Bergeron RT. CT of cervical lymph nodes. J Otolaryngol 1982; 11:411-418.
15. Dillon WP, Mills CM, Kjos B, DeGroot J, Brant-Zawadzki M. Magnetic resonance imaging of the nasopharynx. Radiology 1984; 152:731-738.
16. Dooms GC, Hricak H, Crooks LE, Higgins CB. Magnetic resonance imaging of the lymph nodes: comparison with CT. Radiology 1984; 153:719-728.
17. Dooms GC, Hricak H, Moseley MR, Bottles K, Fisher MR, Higgins CB. Characterization of lymphadenopathy by magnetic relaxation times: preliminary results. Radiology 1985; 155:691-697.
18. Stevens MH, Harnsberger HR, Mancuso AA. Computed tomography of cervical lymph nodes: staging of head and neck cancer. Otolaryngol 1987; 111:1307-1310.
19. Mancuso AA, Harnsberger HR, Muraki A, Stevens MH. Computed tomography of cervical and retropharyngeal lymph nodes: normal anatomy, variants, and applications in staging head and neck cancer. II. Pathology. Radiology 1983; 148: 715-723.
20. Som PM. Lymph nodes of the neck. Radiology 1987; 165:593-600.
21. Steinkamp HJ, Hosten N, Richter C, Schedel H, Felix R. Enlarged cervical lymph nodes at helical CT. Radiology 1994; 191: 795-798.
22. Close LG, Merkel M, Vuitch MF, Reisch J, Schaefer SD. Computed tomographic evaluation of regional lymph node involvement in cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx. Head Neck 1989; 11:309-317.
23. Stern WB, Silver CE, Zeifer BA, Persky MS, Heller KS. Computed tomography of the clinically negative neck. Head Neck 1990; 12:109-113.
24. Hillsamer PJ, Schuller DE, McGhee RG, Chakeres D, Young DC. Improving diagnostic accuracy of cervical metastases with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1990; 116:1297-1301.
25. Feinmesser R, Freeman JL, Feinmesser M, Noyek A, Mullen JB. Role of modern imaging in decision-making for elective neck dissection. Head Neck 1992; 14:173-176.
26. Feinmesser R, Freeman JL, Noyek AM, Birt D, Gullane P, Mullen JB. MRI and neck metastases: a clinical, radiological, and pathological correlative study. J Otolaryngol 1990; 19:136-140.
27. Som PM. Detection of metastasis in cervical lymph nodes: CT and MR criteria and differential diagnosis. AJR 1992; 158:961-969.
28. Van den Brekel MW, Stel HV, Castelijns JA, et al. Cervical lymph node metastasis: assessment of radiologic criteria. Radiology 1990; 177:379-384.
29. Van den Brekel MW, Castelijns JA, Stel HV, et al. Detection and characterization of metastatic cervical adenopathy by MR imaging: comparison of different MR techniques. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1990; 14:581-589.
30. Van den Brekel MW, Castelijns JA, Croll GA, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging vs palpation of cervical lymph node metastasis. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1991; 117:666-673.
31. Friedman M, Roberts N, Kirschebaum GL, Colombo J. Nodal size of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. Laryngoscope 1993; 103:854-856.
32. Moreau P, Goffart Y, Collignon J. Computed tomography of metastatic cervical lymph nodes: a clinical, computed tomographic, pathologic correlative study. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1990; 116: 1190-1193.
33. Yousem D, Som PM, Hackney DB, Schwaibold F, Hendrix RA. Central nodal necrosis and extracapsular neoplastic spread in cervical lymph nodes: MR imaging versus CT. Radiology 1992; 182:753-759.
34. Don DM, Anzai Y, Lufkin RB, Fu YS, Calcaterra TC. Evaluation of cervical lymph node metastases in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Laryngoscope 1995; 105:669-674.
35. August M, Nguyen M. Evaluation of metastatic neck disease by computed tomography. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1994; 23:290-293.
36. Beahrs OH, Henson DE, Hutter RVP, et al, eds. Committee on cancer: manual for staging of cancer. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott, 1988.
37. Lewin JS, Curtin HD, Ross JS, Weissman JL, Obuchowski NA, Tkach JA. Fast spin-echo imaging of the neck: comparison with conventional spin-echo, utility of fat suppression, and evaluation of tissue contrast characteristics. AJNR 1994; 15:1351-1357.
38. Yousem DM, Hurst RM. MR of cervical lymph nodes: comparison of fast spin-echo and conventional spin-echo T2W scans. Clin Radiol 1994; 49:670-675.
39. Suen JY, Goepfert H. Standardization of neck dissection nomenclature (editorial). Head Neck Surg 1987; 10:75-77.
40. DeLong ER, DeLong DM, Clarke-Pearson DL. Comparing the areas under two or more correlated receiver operating characteristic curves: a nonparametric approach. Biometrics 1988; 44:837-845.
41. Skinner GJ, Holt D, Smith TMF. Analysis of complex surveys. Chichester, NY: Wiley, 1989.
42. Friedman M, Shelton VK, Mafee M, Bellity P, Grybauskas V, Skolnik E. Metastatic neck disease: evaluation by computed tomography. Arch Otolaryngol 1984; 110: 443-447.
43. Stevens MH, Harnsberger HR, Mancuso AA, Davis RK, Johnson LP, Parkin JL. Computed tomography of cervical lymph nodes: staging and management of head and neck cancer. Arch Otolaryngol 1985; 111:735-739.
44. Watkinson JC, Todd GEC, Paskin L, et al. Metastatic carcinoma in the neck: a clinical and radiological scintigraphic and pathological study. Arch Otolaryngol 1991; 16:187-192.
45. Feinmesser R, Freeman JL, Nojek AM, Birt BD. Metastatic neck disease: a clinical/ radiographic/pathologic correlative study. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1987; 113:1307-1310.
46. Bergman SA, Ord RA, Rothman M. Accuracy of clinical examination versus computed tomography in detecting occult lymph node involvement in patients with oral epidermoid carcinoma. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1994; 52:1236-1239.
47. Van den Brekel MW, Stel HV, Van der Valk P, van der Waal I, Meyer CJ, Snow GB. Micrometastases from squamous cell carcinoma in neck dissection specimens. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 1992; 249:349-353.
48. Saka SM, MacDonald DG. Sampling of jugulo-digastric lymph nodes in oral cancer. J Oral Pathol Med 1989; 18:123-124.
49. August M, Gianetti K. Elective neck irradiation versus observation of the clinically negative neck of patients with oral cancer. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1996; 54:1050-1055.