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Preoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography combined with cytology to determine the sentinel lymph node status of breast cancer: an analysis of 122 cases
WU Xiaoqin, Zou Li, HU Hui, et al.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SURGERY. 2020, 28 (1):
49-52.
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-6483.2020.01.014
Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of preoperative assessment of the status of sentinel lymph node(SLN)in breast cancer using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography combined with fine needle aspiration cytology(CEUSFNAC).Methods 122 consenting patients with early breast cancer admitted in our hospital were prospectively recruited in this study.Before the surgery,SLN was assessed using contrast-enhanced ultrasound combined with fine needle aspiration cytology.Determination and characterization of SLN by simple dye method or combined isotope method were performed.The findings of CEUS-FNAC were recorded and compared with the final pathological diagnosis.Results The cases of SLN metastasis group and metastasis-free group detected by pathological diagnosis were 28 and 94 respectively.CEUS-FNAC detected 20 cases of SLN metastasis,and 103 cases did not metastasize.The detection rate,sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value and negative predictive value of CEUS-FNAC for evaluating the status of sentinel lymph node were 100%,71.43%,100%,93.44%,100%,92.16%,respectively,with statistically significant(P=0.000,Kappa=0.794).Conclusion The cytopathological results obtained by preoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography combined with fine needle aspiration of SLN were consistent with the pathological results of postoperative SLN,indicating that the CEUS-FNAC can be used for the assessment of sentinel lymph node status in preoperative breast cancer.
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