Clinical Study
Can Axial-Based Nodal Size Criteria Be Used in Other Imaging Planes to Accurately Determine “Enlarged” Head and Neck Lymph Nodes?
Table 2
Nodal morphology within the “enlarged-” and “normal-” sized categories by imaging plane.
| | | “Round/suspicious” | “Elongated” shape | “Normal” shape | |
| | Axial | | | | | | “Enlarged” size | 68.9% (102/148) | 12.2% (18/148) | 18.9% (28/148) | 66.7% (148/222) | | “Normal” size | 4.1% (3/74) | 59.5% (44/74) | 36.5% (27/74) | 33.3% (74/222) | | Total | 48.6% (105/222) | 27.9% (62/222) | 24.8% (55/222) | 222 | | Coronal | | | | | | “Enlarged” size | 47.7% (96/201) | 28.9% (58/201) | 23.4% (47/201) | 90.5% (201/222) | | “Normal” size | 52.4% (11/21) | 9.5% (2/21) | 38.1% (8/21) | 9.5% (21/222) | | Total | 48.2% (107/222) | 27.0% (60/222) | 24.8% (55/222) | 222 | | Sagittal | | | | | | “Enlarged” size | 52.0% (102/196) | 28.6% (56/196) | 19.4% (38/196) | 88.3% (196/222) | | “Normal” size | 19.2% (5/26) | 15.4% (4/26) | 65.4% (17/26) | 11.7% (26/222) | | Total | 48.2% (107/222) | 27.0% (60/222) | 24.8% (55/222) | 222 |
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