Role of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in assessing the impalpable cervical node with increased 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography scanning: Preliminary communication

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1349-1353

  Wang, C P ^a,b   Lee, C Y ^a,b   Lou, P J ^b   Yen, R F ^b   Hsiao, J K ^a,b   Ko, J Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms; Needle biopsy; Neoplasm metastasis; Positron emission tomography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PALPATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 57049115972     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215108002727     Document Type: Article

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