Pre-operative contrast enhanced computer tomographic evaluation of cervical nodal metastatic disease in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 310-315

  Pandeshwar, P ^a   Jayanthi, K ^b   Raghuram, P ^c  

^a Diagnosis and Radiology   (United States)

^b Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences   (India)

^c KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Central nodal necrosis; cervical lymph node metastasis; contrast enhanced computed tomography; oral squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CENTRAL NODAL NECROSIS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCED COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM GRADING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM GRADING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84891842272     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.123605     Document Type: Article

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