Additional diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET-CT in detecting retropharyngeal nodal metastases

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 633-638

  Chu, Hyung Ro ^a   Kim, Jin Hwan ^a   Yoon, Dae Young ^a   Hwang, Hee Sung ^a   Rho, Young Soo ^a  

^a Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX CANCER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350517117     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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