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Usefulness of ultrasonography for the evaluation of cervical lymphadenopathy.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology . 2011, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p29-32. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Aim: To evaluate the role of ultrasonography for differentiating cervical lymphadenopathy due to tuberculosis, metastasis and lymphoma. Methods: Ultrasonography of the neck nodes was carried out prior to FNAC in 192 patients using a 10 mHz linear transducer. The sonographic findings were then correlated with the definitive tissue diagnosis obtained by FNAC or lymph node biopsy. Results: The most significant distinguishing feature was strong internal echoes seen in 84% of tubercular lymph nodes. This finding was found in only 11% of metastatic nodes and absent in lymphomatous nodes. The other findings such as L/S ratio, irregular margins, hypoechoic center, fusion tendency, peripheral halo and absent hilus were helpful in differentiating reactive from diseased nodes but showed considerable overlap in the 3 groups of tubercular, metastatic and lymphoma lymph nodes. Conclusion: Ultrasonography is noninvasive and can give useful clues in the diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy. It should be interpreted in conjunction with FNAC result. Ideally ultra-sonographic guided FNAC should be obtained from the sonographically most representative node. In FNAC indeterminate cases, sonographic features may obviate the need for an invasive lymph node biopsy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14777819
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- World Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 59763230
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-9-29