van den Brekel Michiel W M, Castelijns Jonas A
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Cancer Imaging. 2005 Nov 23;5 Spec No A(Spec No A):S41-9. doi: 10.1102/1470-7330.2005.0028.
Imaging of lymph node metastases in the neck can have two major indications: (1) prognosis and assisting with choice of treatment; (2) staging and detection of clinically occult metastases in different levels of the neck. Both indications are discussed. The role and limitations of US and US-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology are also reviewed.
(1)判断预后并辅助治疗方案的选择;(2)对颈部不同区域进行分期以及检测临床上隐匿的转移灶。本文将对这两个目的进行讨论。同时,也将回顾超声检查及超声引导下细针穿刺细胞学检查的作用及局限性。