Sentinel lymph nodes in a swine model with melanoma: Contrast-enhanced lymphatic US

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作者
Goldberg, BB
Merton, DA
Liu, JB
Thakur, M
Murphy, GF
Needleman, L
Tornes, A
Forsberg, F
机构
[1] Thomas Jefferson Univ Hosp, Dept Radiol, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
[2] Thomas Jefferson Univ Hosp, Dept Pathol, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
[3] Amersham Hlth, Oslo, Norway
关键词
lymphatic system; radionuclide studies; US; melanoma;
D O I
10.1148/radiol.2303021440
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
PURPOSE: To determine if lymphatic channels and sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) with and without metastases can be detected with lymphatic ultrasonography (US) after peritumoral injection of a US contrast agent and to determine if lymphatic US can be used to assess SLNs for the presence of metastatic infiltration. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Six swine with 17 melanomas were evaluated. Conventional gray-scale, color flow, and gray-scale phase-inversion harmonic US examinations were performed. A US contrast agent was administered in four sites around each melanoma (1-mL total dose). Lymphoscintigraphy was followed by injection of a blue dye and then dissection. SLNs identified at lymphatic US were characterized by two readers in consensus as normal or as having metastases; results were compared with histologic findings. Statistical analyses included the sign test and the kappa statistic. RESULTS: Lymphatic US depicted 28 SLNs, while lymphoscintigraphy depicted 27 "hot spots" suspected of representing SLNs (including two false-positive findings). Dissection after blue dye injection helped identify 31 SLNs. There were no false-positive US findings for SLN detection. Five of six nodes not seen with lymphoscintigraphy were detected with lymphatic US. The accuracy of SLN detection was 90% (28 of 31) for lymphatic US and 81% (25 of 31) for lymphoscintigraphy (P = .29). Lymphatic US correctly depicted metastases in 19 of 20 SLNs, and five of the eight normal SLNs were correctly characterized, with an accuracy of 86% (kappa = 0.62). CONCLUSION: Detection of SLNs with lymphatic US compared favorably with that at lymphoscintigraphy. Lymphatic US can depict metastases within the SLN, which was not possible with lymphoscintigraphy. (C) RSNA, 2004.
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