Contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound in discrimination between benign and malignant mediastinal and abdominal lymph nodes

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 473-480

  Hocke, Michael ^a   Menges, Markus ^b   Topalidis, Theodor ^c   Dietrich, Christoph F ^d   Stallmach, Andreas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Diakonie Klinikum gGmbH   (Germany)

^c The Hannover Cytopathology Institute   (Germany)

^d CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancer; Differential diagnosis; Endoscopic ultrasound; Lymph nodes; Lymphadenopathy

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ABDOMINAL LYMPH NODE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEOPLASM; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40049108414     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-007-0309-7     Document Type: Article

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