Background. The purpose was to use MR imaging to document the patterns of nodal involvement in the upper neck in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Methods. The MR images of 150 patients with newly diagnosed NPC were reviewed retrospectively. Nodes were considered abnormal on MR criteria of size, necr
Computed tomography evaluation of neck node metastases from nasopharyngeal carcinoma
โ Scribed by Jonathan S.T. Sham; Y.K. Cheung; Damon Choy; F.L. Chan; L. Leong
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 690 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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