Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

The purpose of this study was to assess whether translymphatic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) combined with fine-needle aspiration (FNA) can be used pre-operatively to assess the status of axillary lymph nodes in early-stage breast cancer patients. Furthermore, we wanted to determine whether this less invasive method could potentially be a pre-operative surgical strategy. One hundred sixty-four sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) were detected by CEUS after intradermal injection of microbubbles in 126 cases.

Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - April 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Jieyu Zhong, De-sheng Sun, Wei Wei, Xiaoling Liu, Jun Liu, Xiaoqin Wu, Yusen Zhang, Haiyu Luo, Yongbin Li Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research