Breast cancer and lymph node metastasis: relation of lymph node dimensions and metastasis

Cappello, F.; Barresi, E.; Martorana, A.

Pathologica 92(1): 5-8

2000


ISSN/ISBN: 0031-2983
PMID: 10842993
Document Number: 519165
The Authors have examined 1159 lymph nodes obtained from 64 cases of breast carcinoma to value the presence of a correlation between the insurgence of metastases and lymph node dimensions. Metastases were more frequent in larger lymph nodes. Nevertheless, metastases were also present in small (< 5 mm) or very small (< 2 mm) lymph nodes. This indicates the importance to carefully examine small lymph nodes during gross examination and to obtain multiple sections from them.

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