Comparative Accuracy of 18-Gauge versus 20-Gauge Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration in the Detection of Persistent Lymph Node Metastasis in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma after Chemoradiation
Residual cervical lymph node USFNA after CRT is an accurate procedure with excellent PPV and NPV. Eighteen-gauge USFNA is associated with statistically significant fewer biopsy passes and higher specificity compared with 20-gauge.
Authors
- Megha Yadav
- Dharti Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1028-6589)
- Kinsey Lano
- Maria Gule-Monroe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4418-3705)
- Clifton D. Fuller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5264-3994)
- Ethan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3044-1451)
- Maura L. Gillison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8145-5749)
- Jason M. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7724-5784)
- Stephen Y. Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8301-7286)
- Shehbaz Ansari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1319-6319)
- Amy C. Moreno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6762-6807)
- John Nguyen
Institutions
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Yale University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Neuroradiology
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.a8990
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00