Cervical lymph node evaluation and diagnosis

Thomas C Bryson; Gaurang V Shah; Ashok Srinivasan; Suresh K Mukherji

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2012.08.007

Cervical lymph node evaluation and diagnosis

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2012 Dec;45(6):1363-83. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2012.08.007.

Authors

Thomas C Bryson¹, Gaurang V Shah, Ashok Srinivasan, Suresh K Mukherji

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5030, USA.

PMID: 23153753
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2012.08.007

Abstract

This article discusses the rationale for imaging cervical lymph nodes and reviews nodal anatomy and common drainage patterns, imaging features of pathologic lymph nodes, and the advantages of various imaging modalities available for evaluation and diagnosis of the lymph nodes.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis
Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology
Humans
Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
Lymph Nodes / pathology
Lymphadenitis / diagnosis
Lymphatic Diseases / diagnosis*
Neck
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Staging
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiographic Image Enhancement
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
Tomography, X-Ray Computed