Detection of suspicious malignant cervical lymph nodes of unknown origin: Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy with nodal size and central necrosis correlate

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 286-291

  Lo, Chung Ping ^a   Chen, Cheng Yu ^a   Chin, Shy Chyi ^a,b   Lee, Kwo Whei ^a,c   Hsueh, Chun Jen ^a   Juan, Chun Jung ^a   Kao, Hung Wen ^a   Huang, Guo Shu ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Lymph node; Malignancy; Neck; Ultrasound guided biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER SIZE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECROSIS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38149063479     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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