Contrast-Enhanced Color Doppler Ultrasonography for Preoperative Evaluation of Sentinel Lymph Node in Breast Cancer Patients

Breast care

Dimitrios Psychogios¹  Dionysios K. Voros¹  John Contis¹  Panagis M. Lykoudis¹  Agatha Kondi-Pafiti¹  Irene Vraka¹  Dionysios Dellaportas¹  Andreas Koureas¹ 

[1] a2nd Department of Surgery, University Hospital ‘Aretaieion’, Athens, Greece

关键词: Ultrasonography;    Contrast enhanced;    Sentinel lymph node;    Breast cancer;   

DOI  :  10.1159/000436958

学科分类：泌尿医学

来源: S Karger AG

【 摘 要 】

Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is the standard of care for breast cancer patients with non-palpable axillary lymph nodes. We evaluated the usefulness of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in preoperative detection of malignant SLNs.

【 授权许可】

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