SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF NORMAL CERVICAL LYMPH-NODES IN A CHINESE POPULATION

Authors
YING M AHUJA A BROOK F BROWN B METREWELI C
Citation
M. Ying et al., SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF NORMAL CERVICAL LYMPH-NODES IN A CHINESE POPULATION, Journal of ultrasound in medicine, 15(6), 1996, pp. 431-436
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Acoustics,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Journal of ultrasound in medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02784297
Volume
15
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
431 - 436
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-4297(1996)15:6<431:SAADON>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
In 100 normal subjects who had a sonographic examination of the neck, 1211 lymph nodes were detected. In all the subjects, at least five lym ph nodes were seen. The distribution, number, echogenicity, shape, pre sence or absence of echogenic hilus, and the sharpness of nodal border s of normal cervical lymph nodes were determined. The usefulness of th ese sonographic features in understanding the normal distribution and characteristics of the nodes in the Chinese population is discussed. T he relationship between the shape and size of lymph node also was asse ssed.