The diagnostic value of ultrasonography to detect occult lymph node involvement at different levels in patients with squamous cell carcinoma in the maxillofacial region

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-42

  Jank, Siegfried ^a   Robatscher, P ^a   Emshoff, R ^a   Strobl, H ^a   Gojer, G ^a   Norer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lymphnodes of the head and neck; Squamous cell carcinoma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL DISORDER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0037291702     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2002.0326     Document Type: Article

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