Role of ultrasound in detection of metastatic neck nodes in patients with oral cancer

Indian Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-423

  Sureshkannan, P ^a   Vijayprabhu, ^b   John, Reena ^b  

^a Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   (India)

^b Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical metastasis; head and neck cancer; lymph nodes; oral cancer; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; NECK; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK; PALPATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 81855221243     PISSN: 09709290     EISSN: 19983603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.87064     Document Type: Article

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