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. 2015 Nov;36(11):2153–2158. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4426

Primary tumors and results of USgFNAC, aspiration cytology guided by fused images of freehand SPECT-USgFNAC, and SNB of 6 patients with early-stage head and neck cancer

Patient Primary Tumor USgFNAC
Freehand SPECT-USgFNAC
SNB
Level Size (mm) Cytopath Level Size (mm)a Countsb Cytopath Histopath
1 T1 tongue L SCC II L 2.5 52710 II L
II L 1.5 555 II L
II L 1.5 35340 II L
III R
2 T2 tongue L SCC II L 6.2 II L 4.8 3051 II L
III L 7.4 III L 7.1 40151
IV L 5.1 IV L 4.8 36354 IV L
3 T2 ala nasi R Merkel cell carcinoma I R 4.0 2847 0 I R + (i+)
I R 4.3 208
II R 6.4 II R 6.6 204 0
I L 4.9 409 0
4 T1 auricle R melanoma P R 2.8 P R 2.3 74944 P R + (mi)
II R 2.4 241233 II R
5 T2 floor of mouth L SCC I R 4.5 I R 2.8 2782 I R
I R 5.8 6707
I L 4.9 I L 3.9 2080 I L
I L 4.4 I L 3.9 3124
I L 4.5 553
6 T1 tongue L SCC R II 4.8
L I 4.5 L I 4.2 207518 L I
L I 4.5
L I 4.5
L II 5.9
L II 2.8 45942 L II + (mi)

Note:—SCC indicates squamous cell carcinoma; Cytopath, cytopathologic examination; Histopath, histopathologic examination; L, left; R, right; P, in parotid gland; i+, isolated tumor cells; mi, micrometastasis; −, tumor negative; 0, inconclusive; + tumor positive.

a

Size in minimal axial diameter.

b

Counts per 60 seconds.