Easy Scheme Outlining the Various Morphological and Vascular Abnormalities of the Lymph Node Structure Associated with Recent COVID-19 Vaccination, Each with a Different Clinical/Diagnostic Management.
Valeria FiaschettiNicolo' UbaldiSmeralda De FazioElsa CossuPublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2022)
Throughout this recent ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the European Society of Breast Imaging have surely contributed in improving the management of unilateral axillary adenopathy appearance homolaterally to the side of vaccine inoculation. After considering the patient's COVID-19 history of vaccination, our group produced a day-to-day scheme that evaluates meticulously the probability of mammary malignancy, according to the lymph node characteristics including vascular abnormalities. It comprises of a UN (ultrasound node) score ranging from 2 to 5, that increases with the suspicion of malignancy. In this setting and in view of the additional incoming COVID-19 boost-dose vaccinations, we believe our model could be of great utility to radiologist when assessing patients whom do not have a straight forward diagnosis, in order to reduce breast cancer missed diagnosis, avoid delaying vaccinations, reduce rescheduling of breast imaging examinations and lastly avoid unnecessary lymph node biopsies.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- high resolution
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- magnetic resonance imaging
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- case report
- ultrasound guided
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- computed tomography
- early stage
- fluorescence imaging
- patient reported