title: Cervical lymph node evaluation and diagnosis.
abstract: This article discusses the rationale for imaging cervical lymph nodes and reviews nodal anatomy and common drainage patterns, imaging features of pathologic lymph nodes, and the advantages of various imaging modalities available for evaluation and diagnosis of the lymph nodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5030, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Bryson
authors.forename: Gaurang V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.forename: Suresh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mukherji
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009333:Neck; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D000077195:Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed