Sugama Y, Kitamura S
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
Intern Med. 1992 Feb;31(2):160-4. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.31.160.
The significance of ultrasonography in the evaluation of metastasized neck and supraclavicular lymph nodes from lung cancer was analyzed. By ultrasonography, the lymph nodes could be visualized clearly as low-echogenic round areas, and the size could be precisely measured in three dimensions. It was also possible to diagnose whether or not the lymph node adhered to the surrounding tissues and to determine the relationship and the connection of supraclavicular lymph node and upper mediastinal lymph node. The therapeutic effect related to the size of the lymph node was evaluable by ultrasonography. Therefore, the ultrasonographic approach to the neck and supraclavicular lymph nodes metastasized from lung cancer is considered to be useful for clinical use.
分析了超声检查在评估肺癌颈部及锁骨上转移淋巴结中的意义。通过超声检查，淋巴结可清晰显示为低回声圆形区域，且能精确进行三维测量其大小。还能够诊断淋巴结是否与周围组织粘连，并确定锁骨上淋巴结与上纵隔淋巴结的关系及连接情况。与淋巴结大小相关的治疗效果可通过超声检查进行评估。因此，超声检查用于评估肺癌颈部及锁骨上转移淋巴结被认为对临床应用是有用的。
