COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY APPEARANCE OF MARKED KERATINIZATION OF METASTATICCERVICAL LYMPH-NODES - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
NAKAYAMA E ARIJI E SHINOHARA M YOSHIURA K MIWA K KANDA S
Citation
E. Nakayama et al., COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY APPEARANCE OF MARKED KERATINIZATION OF METASTATICCERVICAL LYMPH-NODES - A CASE-REPORT, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics, 84(3), 1997, pp. 321-326
Citations number
20
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10792104
Volume
84
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
321 - 326
Database
ISI
SICI code
1079-2104(1997)84:3<321:CAOMKO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A case of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue is reported with empha sis on an atypical finding of cervical lymph node metastasis visible o n computed tomography. Multiple cervical lymph nodes revealed a high c omputed tomographic value of about 330 HU, lower than that of calcific ation. The lymph nodes revealed well-defined elliptical hyperechoic ma sses with an echogenic line and posterior shadow on ultrasonography. T he appearance of a high density mass on computed tomography with a com puted tomographic value lower than that of calcification may be a reli able finding of metastasis because it demonstrates the presence of mar ked keratinization produced by squamous cell carcinoma.