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The ADC values of malignant nodes were significantly lower than those reported in benign cervical nodes.
A recent study using SWE to evaluate the stiffness of malignant and benign cervical nodes found that malignant nodes were stiffer than benign nodes (Figs. 14 and 15).
Using an L/ T ratio of <2 to predict metastases, both benign and malignant nodes were correctly identified with a sensitivity of 95%.
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In these patients the malignant nodes do not enlarge early on and in fact most malignant nodes are small in rectal cancer.
There are two main explanations: firstly, the rate of malignant nodes is significantly lower at the restaging compared with the staging (36% versus 97%) with a subsequent reduction in terms of false negative findings; secondly, most of the smaller nodes tend to disappear after chemoradiation therapy.
Malignant nodes are of high signal intensity on T2*-weighted images.
Distinction between benign and malignant nodes is mainly based on size and shape.
The general consensus is that ADCs of malignant nodes are significantly lower than those of benign nodes [ 15].
Determination of the mediastinal lymph nodes and the distinction between benign and malignant nodes are essential for therapy planning.
Second, as many as half of all malignant nodes are falsely deemed to be benign on FDG PET/CT.
The presence of peripheral vascularity in malignant nodes is thought to be related to tumour angiogenesis and the associated recruitment of capsular vessels.
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