Volume of cervical lymph nodes using 3D ultrasonography: Differentiation of metastatic from reactive lymphadenopathy in primary head and neck malignancy

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 571-574

  Kim, H C ^a   Han, Moon Hee ^a,b,c   Do, K H ^a   Kim, K H ^a   Choi, H J ^a   Kim, A Y ^d   Sung, M W ^a   Chang, K H ^a,b,c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical nodes; Comparative investigation; Metastases; Three dimensional; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0036827101     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0455.2002.430606.x     Document Type: Article

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