["Umbilicate" aspect of some lateral cervical adenomegalies. A possible sign of benign characterization?].
Fifty-one patients were examined by sonography for suspicious cervical adenopathies. In 11 the adenopathies, histologically benign, showed typical "umbilicate" aspect. We present this aspect as a possible benign sign and we advance a pathological interpretation.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
Aspetto "ombelicato" di talune adenomegalie laterocervicali. Possibile segno di benignità?