Department of General Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
World J Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug 7;22(1):211. doi: 10.1186/s12957-024-03419-0.
Contrast enhanced ultrasonography enables dynamic evaluation of the microvasculature down to the capillaries when using high resolution ultrasound probes. It's application in the evaluation of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients with clinically negative axilla has been studied in 42 patients. The results of pre operative CEUS evaluation was correlated with histopathology status of axillary nodes after the harvesting of nodes during modified radical mastectomy or sentinel node biopsy. Heterogeneous enhancement with micro bubbles of the axillary nodes was found to be the most distinguishing criteria for malignant nodes.
超声造影可以使用高分辨率超声探头对微血管进行动态评估，甚至可以达到毛细血管水平。该技术已在 42 例临床腋窝阴性的乳腺癌患者的腋窝淋巴结评估中进行了研究。在改良根治性乳房切除术或前哨淋巴结活检术时获取腋窝淋巴结后，将术前超声造影评估的结果与腋窝淋巴结的组织病理学状态进行相关性分析。研究发现，腋窝淋巴结内微泡不均匀增强是恶性淋巴结的最显著特征。
