ArticlePediatric radiology2020
Measurements of cervical lymph nodes in children on computed tomography.
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- Ultrasound evaluation of pediatric lymphadenopathies: diagnostic patterns and pitfalls.Pediatric radiology · 2026Review
- Cervical lymph node characterization using point shear wave elastography in pediatric patients: initial experience.Pediatric radiology · 2025Article
- Lymph Node Staging and Treatment in Pediatric Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Consensus Opinion From the Children's Oncology Group, European paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group, and the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2025Article
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- Distribution and predictors of F-18-FDG uptake values of non-malignant cervical lymph nodes in pediatric patients.EJNMMI research · 2024Article
- The role ofQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Association between the Clinical, Laboratory and Ultrasound Characteristics and the Etiology of Peripheral Lymphadenopathy in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- PET/MRI Improves Management of Children with Cancer.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2021Review
- The Role of Pre-therapeuticFrontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Abdominal lymph node size in children at computed tomography.Pediatric radiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundNo normal measurements or specific size criteria have been described for cervical lymph nodes in children.
objectiveTo determine the normal measurements of cervical lymph nodes in children on CT. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe included 142 children (ages 1-17 years) who underwent cervical CT examination after high-energy trauma. We evaluated axial and coronal 2-mm reconstructions for lymph nodes at six cervical levels. For the largest lymph node at each level, we measured diameters in both the long and short axial axes and the long coronal axis.
resultsA total of 733 lymph nodes were measured in 142 children (62% boys, 38% girls). The greatest measured diameters were 14 mm for the short axis in the axial plane, 24 mm for the long axis in the axial plane and 28 mm for the long axis in the coronal plane. The Pearson correlation coefficient for age and lymph node size at Levels IV-VI was in the range of 0.19-0.47.
conclusionLymph nodes with an axial short-axis diameter exceeding 15 mm for Level II and 10 mm for all other cervical levels are uncommon in otherwise healthy children.
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