TY - JOUR
T1 - Computed tomography appearance of marked keratinization of metastatic cervical lymph nodes
T2 - A case report
AU - Nakayama, Eiji
AU - Ariji, Eiichiro
AU - Shinohara, Masanori
AU - Yoshiura, Kazunori
AU - Miwa, Kunihiro
AU - Kanda, Shigenobu
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - A case of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue is reported with emphasis on an atypical finding of cervical lymph node metastasis visible on computed tomography. Multiple cervical lymph nodes revealed a high computed tomographic value of about 330 HU, lower than that of calcification. The lymph nodes revealed well-defined elliptical hyperechoic masses with an echogenic line and posterior shadow on ultrasonography. The appearance of a high density mass on computed tomography with a computed tomographic value lower than that of calcification may be a reliable finding of metastasis because it demonstrates the presence of marked keratinization produced by squamous cell carcinoma.
AB - A case of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue is reported with emphasis on an atypical finding of cervical lymph node metastasis visible on computed tomography. Multiple cervical lymph nodes revealed a high computed tomographic value of about 330 HU, lower than that of calcification. The lymph nodes revealed well-defined elliptical hyperechoic masses with an echogenic line and posterior shadow on ultrasonography. The appearance of a high density mass on computed tomography with a computed tomographic value lower than that of calcification may be a reliable finding of metastasis because it demonstrates the presence of marked keratinization produced by squamous cell carcinoma.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90351-6
DO - 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90351-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 9377199
AN - SCOPUS:0031226467
SN - 1079-2104
VL - 84
SP - 321
EP - 326
JO - Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics
JF - Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics
IS - 3
ER -