Color/power Doppler sonographic differential diagnosis of superficial lymphadenopathy: Metastasis, malignant lymphoma, and benign process

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 525-532

  Shirakawa, Takako ^a   Miyamoto, Yukio ^b   Yamagishi, Jiro ^a   Fukuda, Kunihiko ^b   Tada, Shimpei ^b  

^a JR Tokyo General Hospital   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Lymphadenopathy; Malignant lymphoma; Metastasis; Power Doppler; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ABNORMAL VASCULARITY;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0035025663     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2001.20.5.525     Document Type: Article

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