Ultrasonographic demonstration of retropharyngeal lymph nodes: Preliminary report

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 633-636

  Miyashita, Tsuguhiro ^a,b   Tateno, Atsushi ^a   Ablimit, Iskandar ^a   Nakamizo, Munenaga ^a   Kumazaki, Tatsuo ^a   Yagi, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Nodal metastasis; Radiation therapy; Retropharyngeal lymph node; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

RADIATION THERAPY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OCCIPITAL BONE; OROPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PARAMETER; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0037998216     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(03)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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