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Five Cases of Axillary Lymph Node Metastatic Breast Cancer on Contrast‐Enhanced Sonography
Author(s) -
Ohta Tomoyuki,
Nishioka Makiko,
Nakata Norio,
Fukuda Kunihiko,
Kato Kumiko
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/ultra.34.6.1131
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , lymph node , lymph , radiology , axillary lymph nodes , axilla , metastasis , perfusion , contrast (vision) , cancer , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science
This study was performed to determine the importance of contrast‐enhanced sonography for axillary lymph node metastatic breast cancer. Contrast‐enhanced sonographic findings in 5 patients with breast cancer and axillary lymph node metastasis are discussed, and imaging‐pathologic correlations are also presented in 3 cases. In all 5 cases, lymph nodes showed a perfusion defect in the late phase. Rapid arterial enhancement and wash‐out were observed in 2 cases in which we performed second injections. Contrast‐enhanced sonography may be effective for identifying metastatic lesions in lymph nodes, especially in the early stages.