title: [B-image sonography in lymph node staging of the head and neck area. A comparison with palpation, computerized and magnetic resonance tomography].
abstract: The results of palpation, CT and MRI and high resolution ultrasound were compared in 100 patients with malignancy of the head and neck. Ultrasound detected far more lymph nodes than the other methods. These diagnostic findings were compared with the operative and histological results in 62 patients. Ultrasound proved superior to the other methods: a lymph node metastasis was missed in only 2 patients by sonography, whereas in 20 patients metastases were overlooked by CT and MRI scans, and in 27 patients by palpation. High resolution ultrasound is at present the most reliable method for the detection of lymph nodes in the head and neck.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für HNO-Krankheiten, Universität Kiel.
authors.forename: J U
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Quetz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rohr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wustrow
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mertens
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010173:Palpation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography