MR Imaging of the Superior Cervical Ganglion and Inferior Ganglion of the Vagus Nerve: Structures That Can Mimic Pathologic Retropharyngeal Lymph Nodes

H. Yokota; H. Mukai; S. Hattori; K. Yamada; Y. Anzai; T. Uno

doi:10.3174/ajnr.A5434

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MR Imaging of the Superior Cervical Ganglion and Inferior Ganglion of the Vagus Nerve: Structures That Can Mimic Pathologic Retropharyngeal Lymph Nodes

H. Yokota, H. Mukai, S. Hattori, K. Yamada, Y. Anzai and T. Uno

American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2018, 39 (1) 170-176; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5434

H. Yokota

aFrom Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology (H.Y., H.M., S.H., T.U.), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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H. Mukai

aFrom Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology (H.Y., H.M., S.H., T.U.), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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S. Hattori

aFrom Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology (H.Y., H.M., S.H., T.U.), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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K. Yamada

bDepartment of Radiology (K.Y.), Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

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Y. Anzai

cDepartment of Radiology (Y.A.), University of Utah School of Medicine Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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T. Uno

aFrom Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology (H.Y., H.M., S.H., T.U.), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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