Perinodal fibrosis developed after ultrasonography-guided core-needle biopsy of a contrast-enhanced ultrasound-detected sentinel axillary node interferes with subsequent surgical sentinel node dissection.
Nicoli SerquizLuciano MoroCarlos A MenossiNatalie R AlmeidaGabrielle BaccarinGeisilene R de Paiva SilvaJulia Y ShinzatoSophie DerchainRodrigo Menezes JalesPublished in: Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU (2019)
Perinodal fibrosis may impair the surgical SLN dissection in early stage breast cancer patients who were staged using CEUS + CNB using a14-gauge needle.