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Sonographicdetectionof a metastatic lingual lymph node in a patient with tongue cancer
Author(s) -
Bang Jooin,
Jung WonSang,
Cho JungHae
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22832
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , lymph node , histopathology , lymph , dissection (medical) , cancer , tongue neoplasm , radiology , lesion , neck dissection , surgery , pathology
A 41‐year‐old male was diagnosed with tongue cancer. Preoperative imaging revealed no metastatic lymph nodes. Intraoperative sonography detected a minute hypoechoic lesion in the sublingual space. A pea‐sized mass was found during dissection of that space and histopathology revealed a metastatic lymph node. The lingual lymph node should routinely be evaluated sonographically prior to surgical resection of tongue cancer.