...Naglaa Mansour; Benedikt Hofauer; Andreas Knopf In Europe, ultrasound (US) is the diagnostic gold standard for the visualisation of parotid gland disorders. While high-resolution B-mode US reliably visualises focal lesions, its diagnostic capacity to distinguish tumour entities or to characterise...

... hyperparathyroidism. As a result, many surgeons use both techniques prior to surgery. The goal of this study was to independently evaluate both ultrasound and sestamibi as single-modality preoperative screening tools for primary hyperparathyroidism. Methods: A retrospective review of consecutive patients who...

.... Ultrasound Esophagus Dysphagia ORL Original Paper ORL 1996;58:105-109 Johnny Sobina Arthur Nathanson3 Carl-Fredrik Engstrom b a Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery and b Department of Radiology, Karolinska Institute at Sodersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden Endoluminal Ultrasonography...

...J.N. Bruneton; M.Y. Mourou This text reviews the normal ultrasound (US) anatomy of the salivary glands along with tumoral, lithiasic, and inflammatory pathologies. For salivary gland tumors, US does have limitations (failure to visualize the entire parotid gland, relations with the nerve plexus...

...Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong; Robert J. Rongen The values and limitations of ultrasound of the head and neck in general, and with respect to the different regions of the neck, are described. In addition, the place of ultrasound examination in the work-up of patients with an elusive neck mass...

...Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong; Robert J. Rongen; Johan S. Laméris; Paul Knegt; Carel D.A. Verwoerd Ultrasound and palpation findings of 17 patients with branchiogenic cysts were studied. Results were compared with operative and histopathologic findings in 13 patients, and to fistulography, cytologic...

... of ultrasound in this field. Some typical features of lymph node metastases are presented by showing their sonographic structures. © 1993 S. Karger AG, Basel 1993 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages...

...Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong; Paul Knegt; Corel D.A. Verwoerd Ultrasound of the neck is, when combined with ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (UGFNAB), an accurate test for nodal disease in patients with head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC). The combined procedure...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Ultrasound Duplex scanning Color flow imaging Head, neck region ORL 1993:55:281-283 Johan S. Lameris Department of Radiology. University Hospital Rotterdam. The Netherlands Color Flow Imaging of the Head and Neck Region Keywords...

...Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong; Robert J. Rongen; Johan S. Laméris; Paul Knegt; Carel D.A. Verwoerd The purpose of this study was to determine the value of ultrasound examination in the diagnosis of thyroglossal duct anomalies. The ultrasound and palpation findings in 24 patients with a thyroglossal...

...Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong; Robert J. Rongen; Johan S. Laméris; Paul Knegt; Carel D.A. Verwoerd Clinical and anatomical features of laryngoceles are reviewed. Furthermore, the ultrasound characteristics of 8 patients with laryngoceles are outlined. Internal laryngoceles appeared to be echo-free...

... patients (77%) underwent thyroid ultrasound (US). The majority of patients (69%) had an abnormal US; the most common abnormality found was multinodular goiter (21%). Eighteen participants were referred to endocrinology for further evaluation, 13 have been evaluated and 3 patients have had fine-needle...

... involvement is therefore a prerequisite for individualized therapy in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. Clinical palpation of the neck is not very accurate and the role of imaging techniques such as ultrasound, ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology, color Doppler ultrasound...