title: Computed tomography enhancement characteristics of lymphomatous lymph nodes of the neck.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to investigate prospectively CT contrast medium enhancement curves of lymphomatous lymph nodes of the neck.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven patients with biopsy-proven lymphoma had their enlarged cervical lymph nodes examined with dynamic CT and compared with a control group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean contrast medium enhancement of the lymphomatous nodes was significantly lower than that of the control group in the time interval from 40 s to 180 s after injection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The enhancement pattern previously suggested from studies of retroperitoneal lymph nodes was confirmed in this prospective study of cervical nodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, 0027 Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hagtvedt
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Aaløkken
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stensvold
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Graff
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolbenstvedt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed