Role of sonographic elastography in the differential diagnosis of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-436

  Choi, Jae Jeong ^a   Kang, Bong Joo ^a   Kim, Sung Hun ^a   Lee, Ji Hye ^a   Jeong, Seung Hee ^a   Yim, Hyun Woo ^a   Song, Byung Joo ^b   Jung, Sang Seol ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node; Breast cancer; Elastography; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODES; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; METASTASIS; STRAIN RATIOS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79953323273     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.4.429     Document Type: Article

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