VERY HIGH-FREQUENCY (13 MHZ) ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF THE NORMAL NECK - DETECTION OF NORMAL LYMPH-NODES AND THYROID-NODULES

Authors
BRUNETON JN BALUMAESTRO C MARCY PY MELIA P MOUROU MY
Citation
Jn. Bruneton et al., VERY HIGH-FREQUENCY (13 MHZ) ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF THE NORMAL NECK - DETECTION OF NORMAL LYMPH-NODES AND THYROID-NODULES, Journal of ultrasound in medicine, 13(2), 1994, pp. 87-90
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Acoustics,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Journal of ultrasound in medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02784297
Volume
13
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
87 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-4297(1994)13:2<87:VH(MUE>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Very high frequency (13 MHz) ultrasonographic examination of the neck successfully visualized one or more normal lymph nodes (weakly echoic oval structures with an echoic central hilum) in 67.6% of 1000 healthy volunteers. Efficacy was not related to recent ear, nose, and throat infection, sex, or age. The longitudinal-transverse diameter ratio was greater than or equal to 2 in 86.2% of cases. No signal was detected with color Doppler imaging. One or more thyroid nodules were also iden tified in 34.7% of the subjects: the frequency was 44% in women and 42 % in subjects over 50 years of age.