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The ultrasound image acquired shows a color-coded map of tissue stiffness. Elastography has been used to evaluate pathologies in the breast, the prostate, the thyroid, lymph nodes and the uterus.

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Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.

Increased size of one or more lymph nodes. Most are in the neck. Also, includes swollen lymph nodes in the armpit or groin It's larger than the same node on the other side of the body Normal nodes are ...

These guidelines have been developed at the request of the Standards of Care Committee of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and with the agreement of the Royal College of Radiologists and the British ...

Tumors in the large airways may be visualized via a light and camera attached to the end of the bronchoscope. An ultrasound device attached to the scope (endobronchial ultrasound) may also be used to ...

While most (over 95%) are located in the anterior mediastinum, they can also appear in unusual areas such as the lung, pleura and thyroid, causing diagnostic ... activity and a few mildly enlarged ...