Evaluation of Thin Section CT Scanning in the Prone Position of Metastatic Axillary Lymphnodes for Breast Cancer

Nippon Acta Radiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1027-1031

  Hata, Yasuhiro ^a   Ogawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Nishioka, Akihito ^a   Inomata, Taisuke ^a   Yoshida, Shoji ^a   Toki, Taiichi ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node; Breast; Carcinoma; Thin section CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY POSTURE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRONE POSITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2742512426     PISSN: 00480428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (19)

1. Bryan RM, Mercer RJ, Bennett RC, et al: Prognostic factors in breast cancer and the development of a prognostic index. Br J Surg 73: 267-271, 1986
2. Schwartz GF, D'Ugo DM, Rosenberg AL: Extent of axillary dissection preceding irradiation for carcinoma of the breast. Arch Surg 121: 1395-1398, 1986
3. Peter JD: Axillary dissection in breast cancer: When, why, how much, and for how long? Another operation soon to be extinct? J Surg Oncol 48: 217-219, 1991
4. Nemoto T, Vana J, Bedwani R, et al: Management and survival of female breast cancer: Results of a national survey by the American College of Surgeons. Cancer 45: 2917-2924, 1980
5. Ogawa Y, Nishioka A, Inomata T, et al: Early experience of breast-conservation treatment without axillary dissection for breast cancer patients with clinically-negative axillary nodes. 54 : 1277-1284, 1994
6. Fishman EK, Zinreich ES, Jacobs CG, et al: CT of the axilla: Normal anatomy and pathology. Radiographics 6: 475-502, 1986
7. Bruneton JN, Caramella E, Hery M, et al: Axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer: Preoperative detection with US. Radiology 158: 325-326, 1986
8. Kao CH, Wang SJ, Yeh SH: Tc-99m MIBI uptake in breast carcinoma and axillary lymph node metastases. Clin Nucl Med 19 (10): 898-900, 1994
9. March DE, Wechsler RJ, Kurz AB, et al: CT-Pathologic correlation of axillary lymph nodes in breast carcionoma. J Comput Assist Tomogr 15(3): 440-444, 1991
10. Glazer GM, Gross BH, Quint LE, et al: Normal mediastinal lymph nodes: number and size according to American Toracic Society mapping. AJR 144: 261-265, 1985
11. Gross BH, Glazer GM, Orringer MB, et al: Bronchogenic carcinoma metastatic to normal-sized lymph nodes: Frequency and significance. Radiology 166: 71-74, 1988