Sonographic features of axillary lymphadenopathy caused by Kikuchi disease

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 847-853

  Youk, Ji Hyun ^a,b   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a,b   Ko, Kyung Hee ^a,b   Kim, Min Jung ^a,b  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axilla; Kikuchi disease; Lymph node; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; BODY FLUIDS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AXILLA; CORE-NEEDLE BIOPSIES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY;

EID: 46249112189     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.6.847     Document Type: Article

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