Monkeypox CT
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Bassel Almarie M.D.[2]
Overview
Overview
CT scans can show lymphadenopathy, a distinctive feature of monkeypox.
CT scan
CT scan
CT scans can show lymphadenopathy, a distinctive feature of monkeypox. Findings on CT scans suggestive of lymphadenopathy include:[1][2][3][4]
- Most nodes: 10 mm in short-axis
- Sub-mental and sub-mandibular: 15 mm
- Retropharyngeal: 8 mm
- Loss of fatty hilum
- Focal necrosis
- Cystic necrotic nodes
- Long-to-short axis ratio (>2cm – usually benign)
References
References
- ↑ Mohseni S, Shojaiefard A, Khorgami Z, Alinejad S, Ghorbani A, Ghafouri A (2014). “Peripheral lymphadenopathy: approach and diagnostic tools”. Iran J Med Sci. 39 (2 Suppl): 158–70. PMC 3993046. PMID 24753638.
- ↑ Lymph node enlargment. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/lymph-node-enlargement Accessed on May 9, 2016
- ↑ van den Brekel MW, Castelijns JA (January 2000). “Imaging of lymph nodes in the neck”. Semin Roentgenol. 35 (1): 42–53. PMID 10670052.
- ↑ Sumi M, Ohki M, Nakamura T (April 2001). “Comparison of sonography and CT for differentiating benign from malignant cervical lymph nodes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck”. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 176 (4): 1019–24. doi:10.2214/ajr.176.4.1761019. PMID 11264102.
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