Sonography of the neck: Current potentials and limitations

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-196

  Gritzmann, N ^a  

^a KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

Author keywords

Branchial cysts; Colour Doppler; Head and neck tumours; Lymph nodes; Salivary glands; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSONTOGENETIC CYST; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; LARYNGOCELE; LARYNX TUMOR; LIPOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHANGIOMA; MOUTH TUMOR; MUCOCELE; NECK CYST; NECK TUMOR; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; PARAGANGLIOMA; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PSEUDOTUMOR; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SARCOIDOSIS; SIALOADENITIS; SIALOLITHIASIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; TONGUE TUMOR;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIPOMA; LYMPHANGIOMA; NECK; NEOPLASMS, NERVE TISSUE; PARAGANGLIOMA; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 22044448071     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858271     Document Type: Review

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