Usefulness of Doppler waveform analysis in differential diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 175-180

  Brnić, Zoran ^a   Hebrang, Andrija ^a  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cervical lymphadenopathy; Color Doppler; Differential diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTOLE; TUMOR RESISTANCE; WAVEFORM; ACUTE DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PULSATILE FLOW; ROC CURVE; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0038321029     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1328-z     Document Type: Article

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