Evaluation of the sonographic features of metastatic cervical lymph nodes in patients with head and neck malignancy

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2179-2184

  Imani Moghaddam, Mahrokh ^a   Davachi, Behrooz ^b   Mostaan, Leila Vazifeh ^c   Langaroodi, Adineh Javadian ^d   Memar, Bahram ^e   Azimi, Sajad Ataei ^b   Marouzi, Parviz ^f  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

color Doppler sonography; head and neck; lymph node metastases; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATHOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 82955235768     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182324166     Document Type: Article

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