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DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1741089
CT-Based Definition and Structured Reporting of Abdominal Lymph Node Stations
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Abstract
Background Meticulous evaluation of abdominal lymph nodes on computed tomography (CT) is a fundamental task in radiological practice especially in oncological reporting. Although various reporting systems exist to define abdominal nodal stations for malignancies of individual abdominal organs, a complete and uniform framework for radiological reporting of abdominal lymph nodes does not exist in the literature.
Purpose The goal of this review was to provide a step-wise reporting template and precise definitions of the radiological anatomy of abdominal lymph nodes and to generate a CT-based illustration of the lymph node stations of the abdomen.
Conclusion This CT-based illustration and reporting template will help the radiologists to aptly describe the extent of the lymph nodal diseases and will help in comparison with posttherapy scans.
Compliance with Ethical Standards
*Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding this manuscript.
*Research involving human participants and/or animals: This was not a study involving human participants/ animals.
Informed Consent
Written informed consent has been taken from the patients whose images have been used in this article.
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Artikel online veröffentlicht:
06. April 2022
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