Status and advances of cervical lymph nodes diagnosis by ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy

Cervical lymph nodes account for approximately 1/3 of the lymph nodes all over the body. The malignant tumor all over the body can metastasize to head and cervical lymph nodes. So it is significant to make clear its property to determine the malignant tumor staging, establish treatment plan and analyze curative effect. Now ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy is generally accepted as the optimal diagnose way to made correct histopathological diagnosis in non-surgical condition. The aim of this study was to survey and evaluate the accuracy of pathological diagnosis using the ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy in the cervical lymph nodes. (authors)