Diagnostic value of ultrasound and color Doppler in identifying axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer

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Autor(a) principal: Couto, D
Data de Publicação: 2004
Outros Autores: Dias, M, Gonçalo, Manuela, Pinto, E, Oliveira, CF
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/142
Resumo: PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic ability of ultrasound and color Doppler in axillary lymph node metastases of patients with breast cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A prospective study including 55 patients with primitive, invasive, node negative breast cancer who underwent preoperative axillary ultrasound and color Doppler. Doppler and morphologic ultrasound criteria were applied to the identification of axillary lymph node metastases. RESULTS: The imagery study of all 55 patients identified a total of 141 nodes; 44 were considered to be positive according to established criteria. The histological examination of the axillary dissection revealed a total of 989 nodes; 77 out of 989 presented metastases; all invaded nodes belonged to 21 patients. The previous imagiologic study was positive for axillary lymph node metastases in 15 out of these 21 patients. A sensitivity of 71.4%, a specificity of 71.4%, a negative predictive value of 80.6% and a positive predictive value of 60.0% were achieved. CONCLUSION: The imagery study of the axillary region through ultrasound and color Doppler might be useful in assessing axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer.
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spelling Diagnostic value of ultrasound and color Doppler in identifying axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancerNeoplasias da MamaUltrassonografia Doppler a CoresMetástases LinfáticasPURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic ability of ultrasound and color Doppler in axillary lymph node metastases of patients with breast cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A prospective study including 55 patients with primitive, invasive, node negative breast cancer who underwent preoperative axillary ultrasound and color Doppler. Doppler and morphologic ultrasound criteria were applied to the identification of axillary lymph node metastases. RESULTS: The imagery study of all 55 patients identified a total of 141 nodes; 44 were considered to be positive according to established criteria. The histological examination of the axillary dissection revealed a total of 989 nodes; 77 out of 989 presented metastases; all invaded nodes belonged to 21 patients. The previous imagiologic study was positive for axillary lymph node metastases in 15 out of these 21 patients. A sensitivity of 71.4%, a specificity of 71.4%, a negative predictive value of 80.6% and a positive predictive value of 60.0% were achieved. CONCLUSION: The imagery study of the axillary region through ultrasound and color Doppler might be useful in assessing axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer.RIHUCCouto, DDias, MGonçalo, ManuelaPinto, EOliveira, CF2008-11-25T15:54:54Z20042004-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/142engEur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2004;25(5):568-70info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-11T14:21:17Zoai:rihuc.huc.min-saude.pt:10400.4/142Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:03:00.701221Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Diagnostic value of ultrasound and color Doppler in identifying axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer
title Diagnostic value of ultrasound and color Doppler in identifying axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer
spellingShingle Diagnostic value of ultrasound and color Doppler in identifying axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer
Couto, D
Neoplasias da Mama
Ultrassonografia Doppler a Cores
Metástases Linfáticas
title_short Diagnostic value of ultrasound and color Doppler in identifying axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer
title_full Diagnostic value of ultrasound and color Doppler in identifying axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer
title_fullStr Diagnostic value of ultrasound and color Doppler in identifying axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer
title_full_unstemmed Diagnostic value of ultrasound and color Doppler in identifying axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer
title_sort Diagnostic value of ultrasound and color Doppler in identifying axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer
author Couto, D
author_facet Couto, D
Dias, M
Gonçalo, Manuela
Pinto, E
Oliveira, CF
author_role author
author2 Dias, M
Gonçalo, Manuela
Pinto, E
Oliveira, CF
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv RIHUC
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Couto, D
Dias, M
Gonçalo, Manuela
Pinto, E
Oliveira, CF
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Neoplasias da Mama
Ultrassonografia Doppler a Cores
Metástases Linfáticas
topic Neoplasias da Mama
Ultrassonografia Doppler a Cores
Metástases Linfáticas
description PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic ability of ultrasound and color Doppler in axillary lymph node metastases of patients with breast cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A prospective study including 55 patients with primitive, invasive, node negative breast cancer who underwent preoperative axillary ultrasound and color Doppler. Doppler and morphologic ultrasound criteria were applied to the identification of axillary lymph node metastases. RESULTS: The imagery study of all 55 patients identified a total of 141 nodes; 44 were considered to be positive according to established criteria. The histological examination of the axillary dissection revealed a total of 989 nodes; 77 out of 989 presented metastases; all invaded nodes belonged to 21 patients. The previous imagiologic study was positive for axillary lymph node metastases in 15 out of these 21 patients. A sensitivity of 71.4%, a specificity of 71.4%, a negative predictive value of 80.6% and a positive predictive value of 60.0% were achieved. CONCLUSION: The imagery study of the axillary region through ultrasound and color Doppler might be useful in assessing axillary lymph node metastases in patients with breast cancer.
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