Diagnostic role of ultrasonography in neck swellings.

Diagnostic Role of Ultrasonography in Neck Swellings The study of ultrasonographic features of various neck swellings in fifty patients was done. There were 22 thyroid and thyroid related swelling, 8 salivary gland lesions, 9 lymph nodes and 14 swellings of miscellaneous origin. Various ultrasonographic features like echogenicity, echotextures were noted. There were no specific echogenicity in benign and malignant thyroid neoplasms. Various ultrasonographic features of benign and malignant salivary neoplasms and lymph nodes are described. Specific sonographic features of various miscellaneous neck swellings are also described.