Open AccessThe value of sonographically guided fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of small lymph
Author(s) -
Yu Chen,
Chen Liu,
Yanyan Cao
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chinese clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.733
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2304-3873
pISSN - 2304-3865
DOI - 10.21037/cco.2019.08.18
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph , fine needle aspiration , ultrasound , biopsy , lymph node , long axis , radiology , short axis , nuclear medicine , pathology , geometry , mathematics
The diagnostic results of ultrasound-guided FNA for small lymph nodes are not affected by the short-axis diameter. For lymph nodes with short-axis diameters ≤1 cm, the accuracy decreases as the short-axis diameter decreases, but FNA still has a high diagnostic accuracy for these small lymph nodes.
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