TY - JOUR
AU1 - Vu, T.H.
AU2 - Kwon, M.
AU3 - Ahmed, S.
AU4 - Gule-Monroe, M.
AU5 - Chen, M.M.
AU6 - Sun, J.
AU7 - Fornage, B.D.
AU8 - Debnam, J.M.
AU9 - Edeiken-Monroe, B.
AB - CLINICAL REPORT HEAD & NECK Diagnostic Accuracy and Scope of Intraoperative Transoral Ultrasound and Transoral Ultrasound–Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Retropharyngeal Masses T.H. Vu, M. Kwon, S. Ahmed, M. Gule-Monroe, M.M. Chen, J. Sun, B.D. Fornage, J.M. Debnam, and B. Edeiken-Monroe ABSTRACT SUMMARY: The use of transoral sonography–guided fine-needle aspiration for intraoperative localization of retropharyngeal masses has been described by Fornage et al. The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of this technique. We reviewed the images and medical records of 26 patients with a retropharyngeal lesion suspicious for a metastatic lymph node of Rouviere identified on CT and/or PET/CT. There were 14 patients with a history of thyroid cancer, 7 with mucosal squamous cell carcinoma, 1 with renal cell carci- noma, 1 with parotid acinic cell cancer, 1 with metastatic colon adenocarcinoma, and 2 with no history of cancer. Intraoperative transoral sonography was performed using a commercially available endovaginal transducer. A transoral sonography–guided fine-needle aspira- tion was performed with a 25-cm-long 20-ga Chiba needle through a needle guide attached to the transducer shaft. Cytopathologic results were categorized as malignant, benign, or nondiagnostic. Transoral sonography and transoral sonography–guided fine-needle aspiration were performed in all patients. A diagnostic 
TI - Diagnostic Accuracy and Scope of Intraoperative Transoral Ultrasound and Transoral Ultrasound–Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Retropharyngeal Masses
JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology
DO - 10.3174/ajnr.A6236
DA - 2019-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-journal-of-neuroradiology/diagnostic-accuracy-and-scope-of-intraoperative-transoral-ultrasound-A97g448y0S
SP - 1960
EP - 1964
VL - 40
IS - 11
DP - DeepDyve
ER -