Ultrasound Assessment of the Condition of Peripheral Lymph Nodes (Literature Review). Ultrasound Classification Node-RADS (US)

Abstract

The article is the consensus opinion of specialists involved in ultrasound examination, computed and magnetic resonance imaging of peripheral, abdominal and retroperitoneal lymph nodes, oncologists, authors of clinical recommendations of the Russian Society of Head and Neck Tumor Specialists based on an analysis of modern literary sources devoted to the problem of assessing the condition lymph nodes. The purpose of the publication is to bring ultrasound terms to uniform standards when describing lymph nodes, to introduce the Node-RADS system into the practice of ultrasound examination, to improve mutual understanding between diagnosticians and clinicians in the interpretation of ultrasound results in assessing the condition of lymph nodes, optimize the work of primary care ultrasound diagnostic doctors.