Ultrasound as a diagnostic aid in maxillofacial surgery. Report of a case.
Ultrasonographic examination of masses in the neck can be a valuable diagnostic aid. It has the advantages of being noninvasive, rapid, easily repeated, and relatively inexpensive. Ultrasound is also a particularly convenient means of localizing lesions for percutaneous biopsy and for serially monitoring the response of a lesion to therapy. As experience increases and equipment improves, ultrasound will gain an even greater role as a diagnostic aid. A case is reported in which a mucus-retention phenomenon was evaluated, managed, and followed with the aid of B-scan ultrasonographic and real-time imaging.
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology*; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014463:Ultrasonography