Can ultrasound elastography distinguish metastatic from reactive lymph nodes in patients with primary head and neck cancers?

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic utility of real-time elastography (RTE) in differentiating between reactive and metastatic cervical lymph nodes (LN) in patients with primary head and neck cancer in comparison with the conventional B mode and power Doppler paramet...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Mohamed Hefeda, Manal Ezat Badawy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X14000904