title: Misleading appearance in cervical lymph node US diagnosis - a report on sarcoidosis, Warthin tumor and squamous cell carcinoma metastases.
abstract: Ultrasonography, with its various techniques (grey-scale, color Doppler, sonoelastography) offers many signs for the differentiation between benign and malignant neck lymph nodes. In spite of recent progress, the US appearance may be misleading. We present three cases in which the ultrasonographic appearance of the lymph nodes was misleading as compared to the final diagnosis established by histopathology.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Rehabilitation Hospital Radiology Department "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. manu2416@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sandu
authors.affiliation: Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Radiology Department "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lenghel
authors.affiliation: Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery Department, "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Grigore
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Băciuţ
authors.affiliation: Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery Department, "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dinu
authors.affiliation: Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Radiology Department "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Botar-Jid
authors.affiliation: Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Radiology Department "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vasilescu
authors.affiliation: Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Radiology Department "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Sorin M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dudea
mesh_terms: D000235:Adenolymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color