Metastatic and inflammatory cervical lymph nodes as analyzed by contrast-enhanced color-coded doppler ultrasonography: Quantitative dynamic perfusion patterns and histopathologic correlation

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 114, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 43-47

  Zenk, Johannes ^a   Bozzato, Alessandro ^a   Greess, Holger ^a   Steinhart, Helmut ^a   Iro, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Head and neck; Tumor; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 12244291913     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511400108     Document Type: Article

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