Assessment of cervical lymph node metastasis with different imaging methods in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 384-394

  Akoǧlu, Ertap ^a   Dutipek, Murat ^b   Bekiş, Recep ^c   Deǧirmenci, Berna ^c   Ada, Emel ^c   Güneri, Ataman ^c  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Mudanya State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metastasis; Neck; Tl 201 single photon emission computed tomography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30944455934     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2005.34605     Document Type: Article

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