Concepedia

Cervical Lymph Node Metastases: Diagnosis at Sonoelastography—Initial Experience

Andrej Lyshchik, Tatsuya Higashi, Ryo Asato, Shinzo Tanaka, Juichi Ito, Masahiro Hiraoka, Michael F. Insana, A.B. Brill, Tsuneo Saga, Kaori Togashi

Radiology · 2007 · 283 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

Sonoelastography had high accuracy (92%) in the differentiation of benign and metastatic cervical LNs in patients suspected of having thyroid or hypopharyngeal cancer.

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