THE EFFICACY OF CLINICAL EXAMINATION, ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND CT SCAN IN DETECTING MALIGNANT LYMPH NODES OF THE NECK IN ORAL CANCER AND CONFIRMATION WITH FINAL HISTOPATHOLOGY REPORT
- 1 September 2021
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Abstract
To evaluate and compare the diagnostic accuracy of detecting malignant cervical lymph nodes using Clinical evaluation, CT scan and Ultrasonography and conrmation with histopathology in patients with squamous cell carcinoma. Atotal number of 30 patients, of both sexes, with carcinoma of different regions of the oral cavity, conrmed with incisional biopsy were included in this study. We found USG to be most sensitive (83.5%), followed by CT (78.3%) and clinical evaluation (63.7%). Similarly, CT scan was found to be most specic (81.5%), followed by USG (78.2%) and clinical evaluation (60.7%).Keywords
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