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Published on: July 25, 2011
Sonographicdetectionof a metastatic lingual lymph node in a patient with tongue cancer
Jooin Bang1, Won-Sang Jung2, Jung-Hae Cho1
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
A 41-year-old male was diagnosed with tongue cancer. Preoperative imaging revealed no metastatic lymph nodes. Intraoperative sonography detected a minute hypoechoic lesion in the sublingual space. A pea-sized mass was found during dissection of that space and histopathology revealed a metastatic lymph node. The lingual lymph node should routinely be evaluated sonographically prior to surgical resection of tongue cancer.

