Sonoelastography can diagnose cervical lymph-node metastasis with high accuracy


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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Lyshchik A _ et al_. (2007) Cervical lymph node metastases: diagnosis at sonoelastography—initial experience. _Radiology_ 243: 258–267


Sonoelastography, an ultrasound imaging technique that measures the elasticity of soft tissues under gentle compression, could be a promising modality for the diagnosis of cervical


lymph-node metastases. Lyshchik _ et al_. evaluated the technique in a prospective study that included 43 patients with suspected thyroid or hypopharyngeal cancer who underwent ultrasound


evaluation before surgery. A total of 141 lymph nodes were examined. Sonoelastography was found to be 92% accurate in differentiating benign from metastatic cervical lymph nodes. This is a


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