Differentiation of benign and malignant cervical lymph nodes: Value of B-mode and color Doppler sonography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 230-234

  Adibelli, Zehra Hilal ^a,b   Ünal, Gökhan ^a   Gül, Erdal ^a   Uslu, Figen ^a   Koçak, Ümit ^a   Abali, Yusuf ^a  

^a SSK Izmir Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

B mode sonography; Benign; Cervical lymph node; Color Doppler sonography; Malignant

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

B MODE SONOGRAPHY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODES; COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0032192501     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(97)00174-5     Document Type: Article

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