Comparison of the efficacy of clinical examination, ultrasound neck and computed tomography in detection and staging of cervical lymph node metastasis in head and neck cancers.

There are many modalities, which are being used for detection of cervical lymph nodes in head and neck cancers clinical examination, computed tomography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and radionuclide scintigraphy. Various studies in past have highlighted their benefits and drawbacks used singly or in comparison with others. Here we present the study of 100 patients comparing the result of clinical examination, computed tomography and ultrasound.