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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vol. 39 no. 1 170-176

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Received April 27, 2017
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H. Yokotaa,
H. Mukaia,
S. Hattoria,
K. Yamadab,
Y. Anzaic and
T. Unoa

^aFrom Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology (H.Y., H.M., S.H., T.U.), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
^bDepartment of Radiology (K.Y.), Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
^cDepartment of Radiology (Y.A.), University of Utah School of Medicine Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Please address correspondence to Hajime Yokota, MD, PhD, Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan, 260-8670; e-mail: yokotaha{at}gmail.com

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

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