TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic significance of characteristic findings on ultrasonography for the stitch abscess after surgery in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma
AU - Yamamoto, Noriaki
AU - Yamashita, Yoshihiro
AU - Tanaka, Tatsurou
AU - Ishikawa, Ayataka
AU - Kito, Shinji
AU - Wakasugi-Sato, Nao
AU - Matsumoto-Takeda, Shinobu
AU - Oda, Masafumi
AU - Miyamoto, Ikuya
AU - Yamauchi, Kensuke
AU - Shiiba, Shunji
AU - Seta, Yuji
AU - Matsuo, Kou
AU - Koga, Hirofumi
AU - Takahashi, Tetsu
AU - Morimoto, Yasuhiro
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported in part by grants-in-aid for scientific research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan, from the President of Kyushu Dental College, and from Kitakyushu City to Y.M.
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - To elucidate the clinical significance of imaging modalities for detection of stitch abscess after surgery in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). In 137 patients with oral SCC suspected of having lymph node metastases, local recurrence of tumor, or stitch abscess after surgery, the characteristic imaging findings related to lymph node metastases, local recurrence of tumor, and stitch abscess on ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR), and 18fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) images were identified and analyzed. In all six patients with stitch abscess, characteristic findings were demonstrated on US, different from those of metastatic lymph nodes and local recurrence on CT, MRI, and 18FDG-PET images. Our results suggest that ultrasonography may be a very useful tool for diagnosis of postoperative stitch abscess and may help improve the quality of life of oral SCC patients.
AB - To elucidate the clinical significance of imaging modalities for detection of stitch abscess after surgery in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). In 137 patients with oral SCC suspected of having lymph node metastases, local recurrence of tumor, or stitch abscess after surgery, the characteristic imaging findings related to lymph node metastases, local recurrence of tumor, and stitch abscess on ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR), and 18fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) images were identified and analyzed. In all six patients with stitch abscess, characteristic findings were demonstrated on US, different from those of metastatic lymph nodes and local recurrence on CT, MRI, and 18FDG-PET images. Our results suggest that ultrasonography may be a very useful tool for diagnosis of postoperative stitch abscess and may help improve the quality of life of oral SCC patients.
KW - Cervical lymph nodes
KW - Oral cancer
KW - Stitch abscess
KW - Ultrasonography
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.10.015
DO - 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.10.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 21109478
AN - SCOPUS:79952282111
SN - 1368-8375
VL - 47
SP - 163
EP - 169
JO - Oral Oncology
JF - Oral Oncology
IS - 3
ER -
