A Real-time and Computerized Sonographic Reporting System in Predicting Malignant Cervical Lymphadenopathy

A Real-time and Computerized Sonographic Scoring System for Predicting Malignant Cervical Lymphadenopathy

The investigaotors want to establish a real-time and computerized score reporting system based on the significant predictors of the measured sonographic parameters and demographic data.

One hundred eight patients with neck lymphadenopathy, receiving ultrasonography and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (US-FNA), were used to construct a predictive model. This model was validated by another independent patient cohort.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with previously untreated neck masses underwent neck US

Exclusion Criteria:

• The neck mass was not lymph node
• No US-FNA cytology result