Open AccessRole of ultrasound in detection of metastatic neck nodes in patients with oral cancer
Author(s) -
P Sureshkannan,
Vijayprabhu,
Reena Rachel John
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.87064
Subject(s) - medicine , palpation , head and neck cancer , neck dissection , radiology , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , cervical lymph nodes , lymph node , metastasis , cancer , lymph node metastasis , ultrasound , oncology , radiation therapy
Head and neck cancer is one of the most physically and emotionally devastating cancers and often leaves the patient disabled and disfigured. The presence of cervical metastasis is one of the factors that influence the outcome of the patients. Cervical lymph node metastasis plays an essential role in the treatment and prognosis of head and neck cancer patients. The assessment of the cervical lymph node status still remains an unsolved problem. We conducted a study to compare the diagnostic accuracy of clinical palpation and ultrasonogram (USG) in the detection of metastatic cervical nodes from oral squamous cell carcinoma patients.