Does lymph node morphology using ultrasound reflect aetiology? A pictorial essay, part I.

Department of Haematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center of Ultrasound, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Germany. Department of Radiology, Hospital Barmherzige Brüder, Salzburg, Austria. Klinik für Innere Medizin, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland GmbH Strausberg/ Wriezen, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg "Theodor Fontane", Germany. Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. notprovided@emple.com. Department Allgemeine Innere Medizin (DAIM), Kliniken Hirslanden Beau Site, Salem und Permancence, Bern, Switzerland. c.f.dietrich@googlemail.com.

Medical ultrasonography. 2020;(3):2634

Abstract

The evaluation of lymph nodes (LNs) using ultrasound requires a high level of clinical and sonographic competence. This "pictorial essay" is intended to illustrate eye-catching examples of relevant "clinical-sonographic visual diagnoses" of LNs. We provide typical images and take-home messages of eye-catching features to illustrate the featured publications.The first part includes "important differential diagnoses of eye-catching features of suspected lymphadenopathy" and "benign lymphadenopathy". The second part will include "Eye-catching features of malignant lymphadenopathy, both carcinoma and lymphoma".

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Publication Type : Review

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MeSH terms : Ultrasonography