Preoperative detection of pre-metastatic lymph nodes in patients with hnscc by CEUS
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- C14.0Pharynx, unspecified
- Registration Number
- DRKS00030281
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
histologically confirmed HNSCC
-surgically resection including neck dissection is planed
-minimum age of 18
-legally competent
Exclusion Criteria
- younger than 18 years old
- hypersensitivity to contrastagent SonoVue
- right-to-left cardiac shunt
- progressed plumonary hypertension
- uncontrolled arterial hypertension
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- period of pregnancy and lactation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Aim of the study is to compare sensitivity of CT, ultrasound and CEUS with regard to detection of lymph node metastasis.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method comparison of specificity of CT, ultrasound and CEUS with regard to detection of lymph node metastasis.