2019
Differentiation of lymphomatous, metastatic, and non-malignant lymphadenopathy in the neck with quantitative diffusion-weighted imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis
Payabvash S, Brackett A, Forghani R, Malhotra A. Differentiation of lymphomatous, metastatic, and non-malignant lymphadenopathy in the neck with quantitative diffusion-weighted imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroradiology 2019, 61: 897-910. PMID: 31175398, DOI: 10.1007/s00234-019-02236-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical lymph nodesAverage apparent diffusion coefficientStandardized mean differenceLymph nodesNon-malignant nodesDiagnostic odds ratioCervical lymphadenopathySubgroup analysisADC thresholdSystematic reviewSuspicious cervical lymph nodesUnknown primary cancer siteMean differenceNon-malignant lymphadenopathyCochrane Central RegisterNeck lymph nodesPrimary cancer siteConfidence intervalsSROC AUCRandom-effects modelComprehensive literature searchAverage ADC valueDiffusion-weighted imagingQuantitative diffusion-weighted imagingCentral Register
2015
Differentiation of benign from malignant cervical lymph nodes in patients with head and neck cancer using PET/CT imaging
Payabvash S, Meric K, Cayci Z. Differentiation of benign from malignant cervical lymph nodes in patients with head and neck cancer using PET/CT imaging. Clinical Imaging 2015, 40: 101-105. PMID: 26454617, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.09.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18Head and Neck NeoplasmsHumansImage-Guided BiopsyLymph NodesLymphatic DiseasesLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedMultimodal ImagingNeckPositron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsHead/neck cancerCervical lymph nodesMalignant cervical lymph nodesLymph nodesNeck cancerPositron emission tomographySUV maxHigh maximum standardized uptake valueBenign cervical lymph nodesMaximum standardized uptake valueLymph node biopsyMalignant lymph nodesMalignant cervical lymphadenopathyPET/CT imagingStandardized uptake valueSUV max valuesShort-axis diameterCervical lymphadenopathyNode biopsyMalignant lymphadenopathyRetrospective studyPatientsUptake valueEmission tomographyCancer