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Diagnostic Evaluation of Lymph Node Metastases

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Imaging of the Larynx

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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Imaging plays an important role in lymph node survey in patients with laryngeal cancer. Imaging can modify the initial clinical staging and therapeutic strategy by detecting clinically inaccessible lymph nodes, or by showing invasion of critical structures such as the common and internal carotid arteries. At the post-therapeutic stage, imaging can detect lymph node relapse which may be difficult to palpate.

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Sigal, R. (2003). Diagnostic Evaluation of Lymph Node Metastases. In: Hermans, R. (eds) Imaging of the Larynx. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59369-7_6

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