The use of ultrasound combined with ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (UGFAB) of supraclavicular lymph nodes in the pretreatment staging of 37 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus is described. All patients underwent computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest and the
Biopsy of nonpalpable cervical lymph nodes: Selection criteria for ultrasound-guided biopsy in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
✍ Scribed by RenéH. Kruyt; Wim L.J. van Putten; Peter C. Levendag; Maarten F. de Boer; Matthijs Oudkerk
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 840 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-5629
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