| 유방암 환자의 액와 림프절 전이에 대한 수술 전 초음파 검사의 진단 유용성 |
| 한동일1, 곽금희1, 한세환1, 김지영2, 박경미3, 조현진1, 양근호1, 배병노1, 김기환1 |
1인제 대학교 상계백병원 외과학교실
2인제 대학교 상계백병원 영상의학교실
3인제 대학교 상계백병원 병리학교실 |
| Diagnostic value of preoperative sonographic evaluation for
axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients |
| Dongil Han1, Geumhee Gwak1, Sehwan Han1, Ji-Young Kim2, Kyeongmee Park3, Hyunjin Cho1, Geunho Yang1, Byungnoe Bae1, Kihwan Kim1 |
1Department of Surgery, Inje University Sangge-Paik Hospital
2Department of Radiology, Inje University Sangge-Paik Hospital
3Department of Pathology, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital |
| Corresponding Author:
Geumhee Gwak ,Tel: +82-2-950-1938, Fax: +82-2-933-9389, Email: gsrad@hanmail.net |
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Received: May 23, 2011; Accepted: June 20, 2011. |
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| ABSTRACT |
Purpose: The aim of this study was evaluate predictive value of preoperative sonography for the evaluation of
axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients.
Materials and
Methods: The study included 226 patients who underwent curative surgery between Jan. 2008 ~
Dec. 2010 at Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital. We analyzed preoperative sonographic findings of axillary
lymph nodes and compared the finding with postoperative histologic results of axillary lymph nodes evaluation.
Results: When we compared preoperative sonographic evaluation of metastatic lymph node with final histological
results, the sensitivity of sonographic evaluation was 81.3% and specificity was 77.5%. False positive rate was
10.7% and false negative rate was 35.8%. The accuracy of preoperative sonographic evaluation of lymph node
metastasis was 78.7%. Primary tumor size was the only significant predictive factor for lymph node metastasis on
multivariate analysis.
Conclusion: preoperative sonographic evaluation of axillary lymph node had limited value with moderate
accuracy. High false-negative rate of preoperative sonography indicates that preoperative sonography cannot
replace intraoperative sentinel node evaluation at this stage. |
| Keywords:
axillary lymph nodes metastases | breast ca | breast sonography |
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