Correlation between obesity and fat-infiltrated axillary lymph nodes visualized on mammography.
Roberta M DiFlorio-AlexanderSteffen J HaiderTodd MacKenzieMartha E GoodrichJulie WeissTracy OnegaPublished in: The British journal of radiology (2018)
We found a highly significant association between increasing BMI and axillary LN dimensions independent of age and breast density with strong interobserver agreement. The increase in LN size was driven by expansion of the LN hilum secondary to fat infiltration. Advances in knowledge: This preliminary work determined a relationship between fat infiltrated axillary lymph nodes and obesity.