Utility of color Doppler ultrasound in evaluating the status of cervical lymph nodes in oral cancer

Dangore–Khasbage, Suwarna; Degwekar, Shirish; Bhowate, Rahul; Banode, Pankaj; Bhake, Arvind; Choudhary, M. Iqbal; Lohe, Vidya K

doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.01.003

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“…This was based on previous results of Doppler-mode image analyses of primary tumor and LNs. [8][9][10][11][14][15][16]…”

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“…7 Power/color Doppler ultrasound images have been used for the assessment of lymphadenopathy in several organs and can be used to distinguish between metastatic and nonmetastatic LN in patients with malignant diseases. [8][9][10][11] Indeed, identification of metastatic LNs may possibly be detected by EBUS simply with Doppler-mode imaging. 6 The aims of this study were to establish the Doppler-mode vascular image pattern classification of LN during EBUS-TBNA, and to assess its utility for the prediction of metastatic LNs.…”

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Vascular Image Patterns of Lymph Nodes for the Prediction of Metastatic Disease During EBUS-TBNA for Mediastinal Staging of Lung Cancer

Nakajima

Anayama

Shingyoji

et al. 2012

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

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“…This was based on previous results of Doppler-mode image analyses of primary tumor and LNs. [8][9][10][11][14][15][16]…”

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Vascular Image Patterns of Lymph Nodes for the Prediction of Metastatic Disease During EBUS-TBNA for Mediastinal Staging of Lung Cancer

Nakajima

Anayama

Shingyoji

et al. 2012

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

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“…4 Several studies investigated the utility of noninvasive imaging methods, brightness mode (B-mode), and Doppler sonography, for characterization of lymph node lesions in human patients. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Sonographic features such as size, shape, margination, echogenicity, texture, 5,8,9 vascular flow distribution, 5,7,[9][10][11] and perfusion indices 6,7 have been used to characterize lesions.…”

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Sonography and sonoelastography in the detection of malignancy in superficial lymph nodes of dogs

Belotta

Gomes

Rocha

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Veterinary Internal Medicne

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Background The clinical applicability of sonography and sonoelastography (SOE) in the detection of lymph node malignancy in dogs has not been established. Objectives To compare sonographic and sonoelastographic findings between malignant and benign superficial lymph nodes and to evaluate the diagnostic performance of those methods. Animals One‐hundred sixteen lymph nodes of 54 dogs. Methods A prospective observational study was used to investigate sonographic features and elasticity scores of malignant and benign superficial lymph nodes. Lymph nodes were categorized as malignant or benign according to cytology or histopathology. Quantitative variables were compared using Student's unpaired t test. Prevalence of categorical variables was compared using nonparametric Mann‐Whitney U test. Diagnostic performance was calculated by receiver‐operating characteristic analysis. Results Forty‐nine malignant and 67 benign lymph nodes were included. Malignant nodes had larger long axis (LA; P = .0002), short axis (SA; P < .0001) and short‐to‐long axis ratio ( P < .0001) in comparison with benign nodes. Malignant nodes had a higher prevalence of mixed vascular distribution on Doppler color flow mapping ( P < .005) and on power Doppler ( P < .0001) and higher resistivity index (RI; P < .0001), pulsatility index ( P < .0001), and elasticity score ( P < .0001) in comparison with benign nodes. Short axis, elasticity score, and RI offered the best accuracies, 80.2%, 78.1%, and 77.7% ( P < .05), respectively, for malignancy detection. Conclusions and Clinical Importance Results support the use of Doppler sonography and SOE as auxiliary methods to brightness mode sonography to detect nodal malignancy.

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“…Imani et al [7] reported peripheral and mixed vascular patterns had 100 % specificity in detecting metastatic cervical LNs. Dangore-Khasbage et al [15] explained these signs may be due to new revascularization from peripheral vessels inducted by the destruction of hilar vascularity. Additionally, Color Doppler flow imaging provides quantitative parameters of vascularity in LN, such as pulsatility index (PI) and arterial resistive index (RI).…”

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Radiologic Assessment of Lymph Nodes in Oncologic Patients

2013

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Status of lymph node metastasis has important implications in deciding treatment of oncologic patients. The appropriate choice of imaging modality is crucial to obtain accurate evaluation of lymph node status. Current imaging methods are mainly divided into two categories, conventional structural imaging and more recently emerging functional imaging. In depth understanding of these imaging tools is essential in making the correct choice for individual patients, and eventually for better diagnosis and treatment.

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Utility of color Doppler ultrasound in evaluating the status of cervical lymph nodes in oral cancer

Cited by 22 publications

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Vascular Image Patterns of Lymph Nodes for the Prediction of Metastatic Disease During EBUS-TBNA for Mediastinal Staging of Lung Cancer

Vascular Image Patterns of Lymph Nodes for the Prediction of Metastatic Disease During EBUS-TBNA for Mediastinal Staging of Lung Cancer

Sonography and sonoelastography in the detection of malignancy in superficial lymph nodes of dogs

Radiologic Assessment of Lymph Nodes in Oncologic Patients

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