Ultrasound examination of lymph nodes in the hepatoduodenal ligament.
Ninety patients, found to have lymph nodes in the hepato-duodenal ligament (HDL) on ultrasound examination were reviewed over a one-year period in order to define the diseases in which such nodes can be found. The patients were divided into four main groups: benign liver disease (n = 31), malignant disease (n = 26), disease of the gallbladder or the biliary tree (n = 14) and a group with various benign, most inflammatory diseases (n = 19). In 40% of the patients (36/90), the lymph nodes in the HDL were the only sign of disease on ultrasound examination, and the majority of those were in the benign group.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000473:pathology*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography