Office-based, surgeon-performed, ultrasound-guided, fine needle aspiration (FNA) of head and neck lesions yields a statistically significant higher diagnostic rate compared to the standard palpation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When we visualize the neck by ultrasound, we occasionally find non-thyroid lesions. The following are two cases ...

Ultrasound outperformed baseline clinical assessment for detection of lymph node metastasis in patients with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck, a retrospective ...

On physical examination, clinicians identify a nodule in the right lobe of her thyroid that they estimate is about 1.5 cm. Ultrasound reveals a solid nodule of 1.3×1.2 cm, with irregular borders. Lab ...

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide. The most common malignancies of head and neck cancer arise in the mucosal epithelium in the oral cavity, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 44-year-old nurse was referred for the evaluation of a midline neck mass. She noted a sudden appearance of a ...

Because many of the deep structures of the head and neck are inaccessible to either direct evaluation by palpation or indirect evaluation via endoscopy, further information must be obtained by ...

Q: I noted a swelling in the front of my neck and my doctor thinks it is my thyroid. She ordered some blood tests and an ultrasound. What can this be? A: The thyroid (identified as a separate body ...