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Künzel, Julian ; Brandenstein, Moritz ; Zeman, Florian ; Symeou, Luisa ; Platz Batista da Silva, Natascha ; Jung, Ernst Michael

Multiparametric Ultrasound of Cervical Lymph Node Metastases in Head and Neck Cancer for Planning Non-Surgical Therapy

Künzel, Julian , Brandenstein, Moritz, Zeman, Florian, Symeou, Luisa, Platz Batista da Silva, Natascha und Jung, Ernst Michael (2022) Multiparametric Ultrasound of Cervical Lymph Node Metastases in Head and Neck Cancer for Planning Non-Surgical Therapy. Diagnostics 12 (8), S. 1842.

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 17 Aug 2022 08:13
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.52767


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Background: We aimed to evaluate multiparametric ultrasound, to achieve a better understanding of the baseline characteristics of suspected cervical lymph node metastases in head and neck cancer before induction chemotherapy or chemoradiation. Methods: From February 2020 to April 2021, our complete ultrasound examination protocol was carried out on clinically evident malignant lymph nodes of ...

Background: We aimed to evaluate multiparametric ultrasound, to achieve a better understanding of the baseline characteristics of suspected cervical lymph node metastases in head and neck cancer before induction chemotherapy or chemoradiation. Methods: From February 2020 to April 2021, our complete ultrasound examination protocol was carried out on clinically evident malignant lymph nodes of histologically proven HNSCC in the pre-therapeutic setting. Results: A total of 13 patients were eligible for analysis. Using elastography, irregular clear hardening in areas in the center of the lymph node could be detected in all cases. Elastographic Q-analysis showed a significantly softer cortex compared to the center and surrounding tissue. The time-intensity curve analysis showed high values for the area under the curve and a short time-to-peak (fast wash-in) in all cases compared to the surrounding tissue. A parametric evaluation of contrast enhanced the ultrasound in the early arterial phase and showed an irregular enhancement from the margin in almost all investigated lymph nodes. These results show that the implementation of comprehensive, multiparametric ultrasound is suitable for classifying suspected lymph node metastasis more precisely than conventional ultrasound alone in the pre-therapeutic setting of HNSCC. Thus, these parameters may be used for improvements in the re-staging after chemoradiation or neoadjuvant therapy monitoring, respectively.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftDiagnostics
Verlag:MDPI
Ort der Veröffentlichung:BASEL
Band:12
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:8
Seitenbereich:S. 1842
Datum30 Juli 2022
InstitutionenMedizin > Lehrstuhl für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde
Medizin > Lehrstuhl für Röntgendiagnostik
Medizin > Zentren des Universitätsklinikums Regensburg > Zentrum für Klinische Studien
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WertTyp
10.3390/diagnostics12081842DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsCONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CLINICAL-PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS; TISSUE IMAGING QUANTIFICATION; SHEAR-WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS; EFSUMB GUIDELINES; CEUS; BENIGN; DOPPLER; LIVER; CEUS; shear wave elastography; perfusion; neck metastases; superficial lymph nodes
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-527673
Dokumenten-ID52767

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