Diagnosis and treatment of the N0 neck in carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract: current status of diagnostic procedures.
Diagnostic procedures currently utilized for determining nodal status in patients with head and neck primary carcinomas are reviewed. Diagnostic procedures include clinical palpation, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound. Each technique is discussed on the basis of clinical experience at the Technical University of Munich.
Lenz
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Institute for Diagnostic Radiology, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Kersting-Sommerhoff
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B
Gross
M
M
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010173:Palpation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography