A CASE OF CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY DIAGNOSED BY CT-GUIDED NEEDLE BIOPSY

• Published in: Shika Hoshasen Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 10 - 17
• Main Authors: SEKI, Kenji, OKANO, Tomohiro, KIMURA, Yukinori, HASEGAWA, Kumiko, KUMAKURA, Yukiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japanese Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology 1993; 特定非営利活動法人 日本歯科放射線学会
• ISSN: 0389-9705; 2185-6311
• DOI: 10.11242/dentalradiology1960.33.10

With recent advances in imaging technology, the needle biopsy under the guidance of CT has been developed. A case was presented, in, which this procedure was performed. A 68-year-old woman suffering from odontogenic infection showed swelling of a cervical lymph node on CT during the treatment. The node was considered to be malignant or reactive lymphadenopathy. The CT-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy was performed, and the swelling was diagnosed as chronic lymphadenitis. As a result, the resolution therapy was strengthened, and the patient improved rapidly. Since this method was technically easy, safe, and beneficial to patients, oral radiologists were recommended to be experienced in this procedure.