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Ultrasound of Salivary Glands and the Non-endocrine Neck

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The thyroid gland is situated in the lower mid neck but both inflammatory and malignant conditions of this organ system may involve other adjacent and distant cervical regions. In order to understand these relationships, it is instructive to subdivide the neck into sections. In the demonstration and reporting of the position of metastatic lymphadenopathy the neck is classically separated into six zones or levels. There are approximately 200–300 lymph nodes in the neck and facial region and these are distributed among each zone. Head and neck specialists must understand the relationship between lymph nodes and which structures or areas they reference. With this knowledge, the primary malignancy or source of inflammatory lymphadenopathy can be localized even before imaging.

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    Robert A. Sofferman MD

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  2. Endocrinology Associates, North 3rd Avenue 3522, Phoenix, 85613, Arizona, USA

    Daniel S. Duick

  3. Thyroid Center of New Hampshire, Coliseum Avenue 5, Nashua, 03063, New Hampshire, USA

    Robert A. Levine

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Sofferman, R.A. (2013). Ultrasound of Salivary Glands and the Non-endocrine Neck. In: Baskin, Sr., H., Duick, D., Levine, R. (eds) Thyroid Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided FNA. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4785-6_11

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