Accuracy of sonographic vascular features in differentiating different causes of cervical lymphadenopathy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 441-447

  Ying, Michael ^a   Ahuja, Anil ^b   Brook, Fiona ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervical lymph nodes; Diagnostic accuracy; Power Doppler sonography; Vascular features

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; METASTASES; VASCULAR RESISTANCES;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; NECK; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 2342640946     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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