Title: Evaluation of enhanced CT on the cervical lymph node metastasis of head and neck neoplasms
Abstract: Objective To investigate the value of enhanced CT in the cervical lymph node metastasis of head and neck neoplasms.Methods Enhanced CT appearances of cervical lymph node in 42 patients with head and neck neoplasms were analyzed retrospectively,compared with surgical and pathological findings.Results 23 of the 42 patients with the lymph node metastasis confirmed by operation and pathalogy were detected by enhanced CT,the sensitivity rate was 85.2%,specitivity rate 73.3% and accuracy rate 81.0%.Conclusion The enhanced CT has important value in the diagnosis of the cervical lymphnode metastasis of head and neck neoplasms.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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