Open AccessCharacterization of Cervicofacial Lymphnodes - A Clinical and Ultrasonographic Study
Author(s) -
Vj R,
Alent'ev Sa,
Abdulla Mufeed,
Vadivazhagan,
Issac Jk
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9328.4737
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph , echogenicity , hilum (anatomy) , physical examination , radiology , cervical lymph nodes , outpatient clinic , odontogenic , pathology , dermatology , ultrasound , metastasis , cancer
Lymph nodes undergo reactive changes in response to a wide variety of stimuli, the most common cause being inflammatory and immune reactions, apart from primary malignant neoplasms and metastatic tumours. It is well accepted that a clinical examination alone cannot be considered diagnostic to justify the involvement of cervicofacial lymph nodes especially deep and small nodes. Ultrasonography is an easy, reproducible, non invasive, non-ionizing imaging modality to evaluate cervicofacial lymph nodes.