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Detection of axillary metastases in breast cancer patients using ultrasound and colour Doppler combined with fine needle aspiration cytology

  • S. Lemos1,*,
  • M. Dias1
  • M. Goncalo2
  • E. Pinto2
  • G. Fernandes3
  • C. Oliveira1

1Department of Gynaecology, Coimbra University Hospital, Portugal

2Department of Radiology, Coimbra University Hospital, Portugal

3Department of Pathology, Coimbra University Hospital, Portugal

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200502165 Vol.26,Issue 2,March 2005 pp.165-166

Published: 10 March 2005

*Corresponding Author(s): S. Lemos E-mail:

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Abstract

The aims of this study were to evaluate the diagnostic value of ultrasonography and colour Doppler combined with fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology for the detection of non-palpable axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients. Forty patients with operable breast cancer (T1/T2), invasive carcinoma, not submitted to neo-adjuvant therapy, underwent axillary ultrasonography and colour Doppler preoperatively. FNA cytology was performed on axillary lymph nodes presenting ultrasonographic and/or Doppler suspicious features. A total of 542 lymph nodes were surgically removed from the 40 patients; 19 were metastatic lymph nodes. Ultrasound-guided FNA detected metastases in six out of 11 histologically node-positive patients. Sensitivity and specificity in this preliminary study was 55% and 100%, respectively. These are the preliminary results of a prospective study that has the purpose of reducing the sentinel node procedures in breast cancer patients with clinically negative axillae, but positive FNA cytology.

Keywords

Breast cancer; Axilla; Lymph node; Ultrasonography; FNA

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S. Lemos,M. Dias,M. Goncalo,E. Pinto,G. Fernandes,C. Oliveira. Detection of axillary metastases in breast cancer patients using ultrasound and colour Doppler combined with fine needle aspiration cytology. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2005. 26(2);165-166.

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https://www.ejgo.net/articles/10.12892/ejgo200502165

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