Multimodality Imaging Spectrum of the Extranodal Lymphomas in the Head and Neck-A Pictorial Review

Pankaj Watal; Girish Bathla; Siddharth Thaker; T Shawn Sato; Toshio Moritani; Wendy R K Smoker

doi:10.1067/j.cpradiol.2017.07.007

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Multimodality Imaging Spectrum of the Extranodal Lymphomas in the Head and Neck-A Pictorial Review

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Multimodality Imaging Spectrum of the Extranodal Lymphomas in the Head and Neck-A Pictorial Review

Pankaj Watal, Girish Bathla, Siddharth Thaker, T Shawn Sato, Toshio Moritani and Wendy R K Smoker

Current problems in diagnostic radiology, Vol.47(5), pp.340-352

09/2018

DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2017.07.007

PMID: 29174137

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Abstract

Lymphoma is the second most common malignant neoplasm of the head and neck region, involving the nodal and/or extranodal sites or both in a variable fashion. Lymphoma may mimic a variety of tumors in this region depending on the subsite involved. The usual presentation of lymphomatous disease is presence of multiple enlarged, often conglomerate, lymph nodes without significant necrosis. Extranodal lymphomas demonstrate more complex radiologic features, but careful evaluation can identify distinct imaging patterns to suggest extranodal lymphomatous disease from other more common lesions. Knowledge of these imaging features can help raise suspicion for lymphoma as a differential consideration. This can be of critical importance since further work-up and management can be vastly different between lymphomatous disease and other disease entities. The authors present a pictorial review of the spectrum of imaging findings in extranodal head and neck lymphomas.

Multimodal Imaging

Diagnosis, Differential

Lymphoma - diagnostic imaging

Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging

Humans

Lymphoma - pathology

Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology

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Title: Subtitle: Multimodality Imaging Spectrum of the Extranodal Lymphomas in the Head and Neck-A Pictorial Review
Creators: Pankaj Watal - Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA. Electronic address: pankaj-watal@uiowa.edu
Girish Bathla - Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Siddharth Thaker - Department of Radiology, M P Shah Government Medical College & Government General Hospital, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
T Shawn Sato - Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Toshio Moritani - Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Wendy R K Smoker - Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Current problems in diagnostic radiology, Vol.47(5), pp.340-352
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2017.07.007
PMID: 29174137
ISSN: 0363-0188
eISSN: 1535-6302
Language: English
Date published: 09/2018
Academic Unit: Radiology; Neurosurgery
Record Identifier: 9983905519902771

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