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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in characterization of inconclusive cervical lymph nodes: a meta-analysis and systematic review.
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- Application of multimodal ultrasound radiomics in the diagnosis of superficial lymph node tuberculosis.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
- Lymph Node Assessment with Multiparametric Ultrasound: Normal Values, Morphologic Patterns, and Diagnostic Algorithms.Cancers · 2026Article
- Ultrasound evaluation of pediatric lymphadenopathies: diagnostic patterns and pitfalls.Pediatric radiology · 2026Review
- Application of conventional and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in diagnosing cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- High-frequency ultrasound for microcirculation in metastatic mouse lymph node: contrast-free versus contrast-enhanced imaging.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Random Forest-Based Detection of Metastases in Clinically Scanned Lymph Nodes Using Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2025Article
- Attenuation Estimation and Acoustic Characterization of Mouse Lymph Node Tumor Using High-frequency Ultrasound.Molecular imaging and biology · 2025Article
- High-frequency contrast-enhanced ultrasound in discriminating benign and malignant superficial lymph nodes: a diagnostic comparison.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Differentiating benign and malignant superficial lymph nodes using super-resolution contrast enhanced ultrasound - a pilot study.BMC medical imaging · 2025Article
- Diagnostic value of high-frame-rate contrast-enhanced ultrasound and contrast vector imaging for superficial lymph node lesions.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Utility of Sydney system for reporting the neck lymphadenopathy underwent real-time ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Artificial intelligence can extract important features for diagnosing axillary lymph node metastasis in early breast cancer using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Optimization strategies for ultrasound zoning of cervical lymph nodes in esophageal cancer: a precision medicine approach.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for differentiating benign and malignant superficial enlarged lymph nodes.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- The Diagnostic Performance of Multiparametric Ultrasound in the Qualitative Assessment of Inconclusive Cervical Lymph Nodes.Cancers · 2023Article
- Effect of segmental versus marginal mandibular resection on local and lymph node recurrences in oral squamous cell carcinoma: is tumorous bone infiltration or location and resulting soft tissue recurrences a long-term problem?Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Article
- The value of multimodal ultrasound in diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy: can real-time elastography help identify benign and malignant lymph nodes?Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Lymph node metastases are common in malignant neoplasms of head and neck. Since cervical lymph nodes (cLN) are localized superficially, ultrasound (US) represents the primary imaging modality. The aim of the study is to report the value of US and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and their diagnostic confidence in the characterization of inconclusive cLN. A systematic review was performed using the literature data base PubMed. Results were filtered (published in a peer-reviewed journal, full-text available, published within the last ten years, species human, English or German full-text) and inclusion criteria were clearly defined (cohort with lymphadenopathy or malignancy in head and neck ≥ 50 patients, histological confirmation of malignant imaging findings, performance of CEUS as outcome variable). The results were quantified in a meta-analysis using a random-effects model. Overall, five studies were included in qualitative and quantitative analysis. The combination of non-enhanced US and CEUS enlarges the diagnostic confidence in the characterization of lymph nodes of unclear dignity. The pooled values for sensitivity and specificity in the characterization of a malignant cervical lymph node using US are 76% (95%-CI 66-83%, I
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