{"id":199,"date":"2019-09-19T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/2019\/09\/19\/updated-who-nomenclature-of-head-and-neck-lesions-and-associated-imaging-findings\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T21:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:49:13","slug":"updated-who-nomenclature-of-head-and-neck-lesions-and-associated-imaging-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/updated-who-nomenclature-of-head-and-neck-lesions-and-associated-imaging-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated WHO nomenclature of head and neck lesions and associated imaging findings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1084 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Article-1-Sept-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"328\" \/>In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated their nomenclature and made changes such as refining terminology of existing entities, adding descriptions of new tumor types, eliminating defunct categories, and updating biological characterization of various tumor types. Therefore, this article set out to review the imaging features of head and neck lesions with the new updated nomenclature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/insightsimaging.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s13244-019-0760-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Updated WHO nomenclature of head and neck lesions and associated imaging findings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors:<\/strong> Nisa Oren, Anatoliy Vaysberg &amp; Daniel T. Ginat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated their nomenclature and made changes such as refining terminology of existing entities, adding descriptions of new tumor types, eliminating defunct categories, and updating biological characterization of various tumor types. 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