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ArticleDiagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey)

Ultrasonography and contrast-enhanced CT findings of tularemia in the neck.

Serap Doğan, Afra Ekinci, Hayati Demiraslan, Ayşegül Ulu Kılıç, Ertuğrul Mavili, Mustafa Öztürk, Hakan İmamoğlu, Mehmet Doğanay

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Article in Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  3. Imaging Findings of Ulceroglandular Tularemia.Journal of radiology case reports · 2017
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  4. Complicated Ulceroglandular Tularemia.Journal of global infectious diseases
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Serap DoğanDepartment of Radiology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey. drserapdogan@hotmail.com.
Afra Ekinci
Hayati Demiraslan
Ayşegül Ulu Kılıç
Ertuğrul Mavili
Mustafa Öztürk
Hakan İmamoğlu
Mehmet Doğanay
Erciyes University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe aimed to evaluate the ultrasonography (US) and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) findings of tularemia in the neck.

methodsUS and CECT findings of 58 patients with serologically proven tularemia were retrospectively evaluated. Forty-eight patients underwent US and 42 patients underwent CECT. Lymph node characteristics and parotid preauricular region involvement were analyzed using US and CECT. In addition, involvement of larynx, oropharynx, and retropharynx; presence of periorbital edema; and neck abscess formation were evaluated using CECT. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) results of enlarged lymph nodes were analyzed in 29 patients.

resultsHypoechoic pattern, round shape, absence of hilum, and cystic necrosis were seen in most of the lymph nodes especially at level 2 and 3 on US and CECT. Matting was more commonly observed than irregular nodal border on US and CECT. Parotid preauricular region involvement was seen in 20.8% of patients on US. Oropharyngeal, retropharyngeal, laryngeal and parotid preauricular region involvement and periorbital edema were seen in 52.4%, 19.1%, 4.8%, 31%, and 9.5% of tularemia patients, respectively. Neck abscess was found in 59.5% of patients on CECT. Suppurative inflammation was the most common finding of FNAC.

conclusionTularemia should be considered in the presence of level 2 and 3 lymph nodes with cystic necrosis, matting, absence of calcification, oropharyngeal and retropharyngeal region involvement, and neck abscess, particularly in endemic areas.

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AdolescentAdultAgedBiopsy, Fine-NeedleChildContrast MediaFemaleHumansLymph NodesMaleMiddle AgedNeckRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray ComputedTularemiaUltrasonographyContrast Media

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PMID27498683
PMCPMC5019846
OpenAlexW2476603517

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