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 Jales

Published 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.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
contrast enhanced ultrasound
early stage
fine needle aspiration
lymph node
sentinel lymph node
magnetic resonance imaging
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance
radiation therapy