99mTc-MIBI显像在乳腺癌诊断中的应用

目的 :寻找有效和无创性诊断乳腺癌及腋窝淋巴结转移的方法。方法 :对 36例乳腺肿瘤患者进行了乳腺及其区域淋巴结 99m　Tc MIBI显像。全部肿瘤经病理证实。结果 :36例乳腺肿瘤中 14例为良性肿瘤 ,2 2例为乳腺癌 ,其中腋窝淋巴结转移者 13例。99mTc MIBI显像诊断乳腺肿瘤假阳性 1例 ,假阴性 4例 ,其灵敏度为 81 8% ,特异性为 92 6 % ,准确性为 86 1% ;99mTc MIBI显像诊断乳腺癌腋窝淋巴结转移假阴性 5例 ,未发现假阳性 ,其灵敏度为 10 0 % ,特异性为 6 1 5 % ,准确性为 77 3%。结论 :99m　Tc MIBI显像诊断乳腺恶性肿瘤灵敏度较高 ,是一种有效的无创性诊断方法 ,也有助于诊断乳腺癌腋窝淋巴结转移 ,但是其结果还不够理想 ,有待于进一步研究。     

Occult Breast Cancers Manifesting as Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Men: A Two-Case Report

Occult breast cancer is a type of breast cancer without any symptoms on the breasts or any abnormalities upon radiologic examination such as mammography. In males, there are few cases of breast cancer, the rate of diagnosis of occult breast cancer is very low, and little is known about this disease. We experienced two cases of occult breast cancers manifesting as axillary lymph node metastasis in men. They had a palpable lesion on axillary area several years ago and had not seen a doctor about it. As such there was no abnormality on evaluations for cancer except for axillary lymph node showing signs of carcinoma (primary or metastatic) on biopsy and estrogen receptor-positive and progesterone receptor-positive on immunohistochemistry. The patients were diagnosed with occult breast cancer, and treatments were performed. Herein, we report the rare cases of occult breast cancers in men.     

56例隐匿性乳腺癌临床病理特征分析及诊疗策略探讨

背景与目的：隐匿性乳腺癌发病隐匿,诊断困难,治疗策略不确定,是乳腺癌领域的难点和热点。本研究探讨了隐匿性乳腺癌的临床病理特征及诊疗策略。方法：对56例隐匿性乳腺癌患者在术前采用乳腺彩超、钼靶、磁共振及PET/CT检查,对比不同检查方法对隐匿性乳腺癌可疑原发灶检出率及病理符合率的差异。治疗方案采用新辅助化疗、乳腺癌改良根治术、保乳+腋窝淋巴结清扫术、腋窝淋巴结清扫术,术后行化疗+放疗。结果：乳腺超声、X线、MRI、PET/CT对乳腺可疑原发灶的检出率分别为7.14%（4/56）、29.41%（15/51）、37.50%（18/48）和16.28%（7/43）;结合术后病理学检查发现其病理符合率分别为66.67%（2/3）、50.00%（7/14）、50.00%（9/18）和50.00%（3/6）;26例患者乳腺超声、X线及MRI均未发现可疑原发灶,其中21例接受病理学检查,阳性率为14.29%（3/21）;对39例乳腺癌改良根治术标本行乳腺病理切片检查,检出原发灶15例,检出率38.46%。根据St. Gallen指南分子分型标准,Luminal A型、Luminal B型、HER-2阳性型和三阴性型比例分别为7.14%、46.43%、12.50%和33.93%。术后随访52例,随访时间10~104个月,中位时间35个月,复发转移4例,死亡0例。检出原发灶的15例患者中,复发或转移2例;未检出原发灶的24例患者中,无复发或转移;行新辅助化疗17例,达病理学完全缓解（pathological complete response,PCR）2例,复发或转移2例;行乳腺癌改良根治术39例,复发或转移2例;行保乳+腋窝清扫8例,复发或转移2例;腋窝清扫9例,无复发或转移。结论：乳腺MRI检查在隐匿性乳腺癌的排除性诊断中有重要价值;乳腺超声、X线及MRI均未发现可疑原发灶的患者其乳腺病理原发灶检出率较低;隐匿性乳腺癌的治疗策略可选择新辅助化疗、乳腺癌改良根治术、保乳+腋窝清扫术、腋窝清扫术;乳腺病理学未检出原发灶的患者复发转移率低于检出原发灶者。     

乳头Paget‘s病：附55例报告

Fifty-five female patients with Paget's disease of the nipple treated in our Hospital from 1958 to 1987 are reported. It comprised 1.1% of all the breast carcinomas. The lesions was on the left side in 27 and on the right side in 28. The average age was 48 years. The primary lesion was in breast ducts and then invaded the nipple, areola superficially and deeper breast tissue. Dermal manifestation of Paget's disease is easily confused with chronic dermopathy. In this series, four patients (7.2%) did not have the typical symptoms so pathologic or cytologic examination was relied upon for correct diagnosis. Thirty-one patients were treated by radical mastectomy giving a 3-year disease-free rate of 70.9%. It seems that radical mastectomy is more superior to the other surgical procedures. The 3-year recurrent rate was 38% for patients with Paget's disease of the nipple coexisting with breast carcinoma, but no recurrence was found in patients with simple Paget's disease of the nipple. The 3-year survival rate was 46.4% in patients with axillary lymph node metastasis, 85.2% in patients without, 54.3% in patients with palpable masses in the breast and 85.0% in patients without. Paget's disease of the nipple coexisting with breast carcinoma, axillary lymph node metastasis, palpable breast masses has poor prognosis.     

Lymph node metastasis from ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion.

BACKGROUND: Widespread use of mammography has increased the detection of ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion (DCISM) in pathology specimens. Currently there is disagreement regarding the incidence of axillary metastasis from DCISM. The controversy centers on whether complete lymphadenectomy is indicated for axillary staging, given its morbidity and the reportedly minimal rate of axillary involvement in these patients. Intraoperative lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy (SLND) may obviate complete axillary lymph node dissection in selected breast carcinoma patients. In intraoperative lymphatic mapping, isosulfan blue dye is used to demonstrate the course of lymphatic flow from the breast tumor to the first draining or sentinel lymph node. This blue-stained lymph node is selectively excised for pathologic examination; its tumor status is used to predict the tumor status of the other axillary lymph nodes. The authors examined whether SLND would be suitable for staging DCISM. METHODS: From February 1992 to January 1997, 14 patients with DCISM underwent intraoperative lymphatic mapping and SLND at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, California. Clinical and pathologic data were prospectively collected. RESULTS: Primary DCISM tumors ranged in size from 0.9 to 6.5 cm. Nine patients presented with mammographic abnormalities, two patients presented with Paget's disease and a palpable lesion, and three patients presented with palpable lesions. Two patients (14.3%) had tumor-involved sentinel lymph nodes. One of these patients had two sentinel lymph nodes, both of which contained single cancer cells identified by immunohistochemistry. The other patient had 1 sentinel lymph node, in which a 0.3-cm metastasis was revealed by light microscopy. Completion axillary dissection was performed on both patients and revealed no further tumor positive lymph node metastases. CONCLUSIONS: SLND can detect lymph node micrometastases (tumor deposits <2 mm) in patients with DCISM. The clinical relevance of these micrometastases is unknown, but their existence shows that DCISM can involve the lymph nodes.     

Staging and treatment of clinically occult breast cancer

Five hundred fifty-seven biopsies were performed for clinically occult mammary lesions, detected by mammography as clustered calcifications or nonpalpable masses within the breast. One hundred seventy-five cancers were demonstrated within this group, including 106 invasive carcinomas, 10 microinvasive carcinomas, 45 in situ ductal carcinomas, and 14 lobular carcinomas in situ (lobular neoplasia). No patient with in situ or microinvasive carcinoma had evidence of axillary node metastases in 33 specimens studied. However, a disturbingly high proportion of those patients with invasive carcinomas, approximately 35%, had histologically confirmed axillary node metastases, despite the small size of the primary tumors. These observations suggest that the use of the term "minimal" cancer is misleading when applied to invasive carcinoma. Staging systems for breast cancer have been imprecise when referring to nonpalpable lesions. Cancers detected as clustered calcifications only or as areas of parenchymal distortion without an accompanying mass are properly considered as T-0 cancers, with a suggested T-0(m) to indicate that the lesion was detected by mammography. However, when the mammogram indicates the presence of a mass that proves to be malignant, although the clinical examination may have been negative, the cancer should be staged according to the size of the mass on the mammogram, with the notation that it was detected by mammography, e.g., T-1(m), T-2(m), etc. The incidence of axillary node metastases even in these so-called occult cancers is significant, so that recommendations for treatment for any invasive cancer, regardless of its size, must take these observations into account. Similarly, the incidence of multifocal sites of cancer within the breast, even in the noninvasive cancers encountered, must be remembered when treatment is suggested.     

Elderly breast cancer patients treated by conservative surgery alone plus adjuvant tamoxifen: fifteen-year results of a prospective study

BACKGROUND: In elderly patients with early breast cancer and a clinically clear axilla, axillary surgery, sentinel lymph node biopsy, and postoperative radiotherapy to the residual breast may not be necessary because of reduced life expectancy, effectiveness of hormone therapy in achieving long-term disease control, and generally favorable biologic behavior of breast cancer in elderly patients. METHODS: The authors followed 354 prospectively recruited women aged > or =70 years who had primary, operable breast cancer and no palpable axillary lymph nodes. All 354 women were treated with conservative surgery and adjuvant tamoxifen and without axillary dissection or postoperative radiotherapy. Women who had resection margins in tumor tissue were excluded. Endpoints were cumulative incidence of axillary disease, cumulative incidence of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR), and breast cancer mortality. RESULTS: After a median follow-up of 15 years (interquartile range, 14-17 years), the crude cumulative incidence was 4.2% (4% in pathologic T1 [pT1] tumors) for axillary disease, 8.3% (7.3% in pT1 tumors) for IBTR, and 17% for breast cancer mortality. Of the 268 patients who died during follow-up, 222 patients (83%) died from causes unrelated to breast cancer. CONCLUSIONS: Elderly patients with early breast cancer and no palpable axillary lymph nodes may be safely treated safety by conservative surgery without axillary dissection and without postoperative radiotherapy, provided that surgical margins are in tumor-free tissue and that hormone therapy is administered. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is also unnecessary because of the low cumulative incidence of axillary disease, and axillary surgery can be reserved for the small proportion of patients who later develop overt axillary disease.     

(99M)Technetium-sestamibi scintimammography in non-palpable breast lesions found on screening X-ray mammography.

OBJECTIVE: The sensitivity and specificity of (99m)Tc-sestamibi scintimammography in patients with non-palpable breast lesions diagnosed by screening mammography and the value of (99m)Tc-sestamibi to detect axillary lymph node metastases was determined. METHODS: Between September 2000 and December 2003, 103 females with non-palpable breast lesions were included for further evaluation. X-ray mammography was repeated and 99mTc-sestamibi scintimammography performed within one-week. Anterior, and left and right lateral images were obtained. The scintimammography was analysed by 2 experienced observers who were blinded to the clinical, pathological, and radiological results. The sensitivity and specificity of scintimammography to diagnose non-palpable lesion(s), including the axillary regions, was compared with histopathology, clinical, and radiological follow up. RESULTS: Two patients (one non-small lung cancer and one non-Hodgkin's disease) were excluded. Both showed (99m)Tc-sestamibi avid lesions in the breast and axillary region. In the remaining 101 patients, 37 true positive (TP), 4 false positive (FP), 52 true negative (TN), and 8 false negative (FN) breast carcinomas were found. The specificity was 92.8%, sensitivity 82.2%, positive predictive value (PPV) 90.2%, and negative predictive value (NPV) 86.6%. (99m)Tc-sestamibi scintimammography showed axillary lesions in 5/15 (33%) patients with axillary lymph node metastasis. CONCLUSION: In patients with non-palpable lesions diagnosed by screening- X-ray-mammography, (99m)Tc-sestamibi scintimammography provided high specificity and PPV. Furthermore, (99m)Tc-sestamibi scintimammography detected 33% of patients with axillary lymph node metastases. Therefore, (99m)Tc-sestamibi scintimammography could be of incremental value in the surgical work-up of these patients.     

Is risk of axillary lymph node metastasis associated with proximity of breast cancer to the skin?

Introduction Risk of axillary lymph node metastasis, the most important predictor of disease-free and overall survival in breast cancer patients, is estimated primarily from histologic features of the primary cancer including tumor size, histologic type and grade, and hormone receptor expression. Based upon a clinical impression, and research showing that palpable cancers are more likely to be node positive, we hypothesized that primary breast cancers more proximal to the skin of the breast are more likely to be positive for axillary lymph node metastasis.Methods This is a retrospective medical record review of 209 women with stage T1 or T2 (≤5.0 cm) invasive breast cancer who received dedicated breast ultrasound at a single mammography clinic in Columbia, South Carolina, between 1997 and 2002.Results None of the 26 cancers more than 14 mm from the skin had metastasized to axillary lymph nodes. In logistic regression modeling only tumor size, histologic grade and tumor proximity to the skin (as a categorical variable) were significantly associated with odds of axillary metastasis. Among cancers within 14 mm of the skin, proximity was not an independent predictor.Conclusions Stage T1 and T2 breast cancers located less proximally to the skin may be less likely to spread to the axillary lymph nodes. We observed what appears to be a threshold at approximately 14 mm from the skin (based upon this group of patients): none of 26 cancers below this level had spread to axillary nodes. Further research is needed to confirm these provocative findings.     

乳腺癌前哨淋巴结活检术前临床可疑腋淋巴结超声引导针吸细胞学检测的临床意义

目的:评估腋淋巴结可疑阳性的乳腺癌患者,在前哨淋巴结活检术前行超声引导腋淋巴结针吸细胞学检测的临床意义。方法:回顾性分析了257 例超声提示腋淋巴结异常或腋淋巴结临床查体可触及的原发性乳腺癌患者的腋淋巴结针吸细胞学检测结果及常规病理结果。结果:超声引导腋淋巴结针吸细胞学检测乳腺癌可疑腋淋巴结的敏感性、特异性、准确性、阳性预测值和阴性预测值分别为76.3% 、100% 、80.9% 、100% 和50.5% 。76.3% 的患者通过针吸细胞学检测准确地预测了腋淋巴结转移,避免了接受前哨淋巴结活检术。50.5% 的超声提示腋淋巴结异常但针吸细胞学阴性的患者可接受前哨淋巴结活检术替代腋淋巴结清扫术。结论:超声引导腋淋巴结穿刺针吸细胞学检测可快速、较为准确地判定乳腺癌患者腋淋巴结的状况,应该作为前哨淋巴结活检术前的筛查手段。      

Axillary node metastasis from T1N0M0 breast cancer: possible avoidance of dissection in a subgroup

BACKGROUND: Axillary lymph node dissection is now no longer considered to be the standard treatment in all patients with invasive breast cancer. We have attempted to identify a sub-group of patients with invasive breast carcinoma who may not need to undergo axillary lymph node dissection. METHODS: Patients (n = 823) with T1 N0M0 invasive breast cancer treated at our hospital between 1970 and 1994 were studied. We investigated the relationship between positive axillary lymph nodes and the following clinico-pathological factors: patient age, menopausal status, contralateral breast cancer (synchronous or asynchronous), tumor location, tumor size (T:cm), histopathology, histological grade, presence or absence of malignant microcalcification or spiculation on mammography and estrogen receptor status. RESULTS: The incidence of axillary lymph node metastases in patients with T1N0M0 invasive breast cancer was 25% (208/823). The node-negative group was significantly older than the node-positive group. Premenopausal patients had a higher rate of lymph node metastases although this was not significant. The frequency of nodal metastases when related to the tumor size was as follows: T< or =1.0 cm, 17%; T< or =1.5 cm, 25%; T< or =2.0 cm, 29%. Mammography revealed that patients with malignant calcification or spiculation had a significantly higher rate of nodal metastases than those without these findings. Certain tumor types (medullary, mucinous and tubular carcinomas) had lower positive rates for lymph node involvement. With regard to the histological grade, lymph node positivity increased significantly with high-grade tumors. No correlation was observed between any other factors and the presence or absence of lymph node metastases. CONCLUSIONS: It may be possible to avoid axillary lymph node dissection in postmenopausal patients (50 years or older) where the histological type is favorable when the tumor diameter is < or =1.0 cm and when microcalcification or spiculation is absent on mammography.      

Axillary lymph node staging in breast cancer by 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-positron emission tomography: clinical evaluation and alternative management

BACKGROUND: Surgical removal of axillary lymph node and histologic examination for metastases are used to determine whether adjuvant treatment is necessary for patients with breast cancer. Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is a costly procedure associated with various side effects, and 80% or more of patients with tumors of 20 mm or less are lymph node negative and might avoid ALND. In this study, we evaluated whether an alternative, noninvasive method--i.e., positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-[(18)F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG)-- could be used to determine axillary lymph node status in patients with breast cancer. METHODS: One hundred sixty-seven consecutive patients with breast cancers of 50 mm or less (range = 5-50 mm; mean = 21 mm) scheduled for complete ALND were studied preoperatively with FDG-PET, and then PET and pathology results from ALND were compared. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS: The overall sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of lymph node staging with PET were 94.4% (PET detected 68 of 72 patients with axillary involvement; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 86.0% to 98.2%), 86.3% (82 of 95 patients without axillary involvement; 95% CI = 77.8% to 91.9%), and 89.8% (150 of 167 patients with breast cancer; 95% CI = 84.2% to 93.6%), respectively. Positive- and negative-predictive values were 84.0% (68 patients with histologically positive lymph nodes of 81 patients with positive FDG-PET scan; 95% CI = 74.2% to 90.5%) and 95.3% (82 patients with histologically negative lymph nodes of 86 patients with negative FDG-PET scan; 95% CI = 88.2% to 98.5%), respectively. When PET results for axillary metastasis were analyzed by tumor size, the diagnostic accuracy was similar for all groups (86.0%-94.2%), with higher sensitivity for tumors of 21-50 mm (98.0%) and higher specificity for tumors of 10 mm or less (87.8%), and the range was 93.5%-97.3% for negative-predictive values and 54.5%-94.1% for positive-predictive values. Among the 72 patients with axillary involvement, PET detected three or fewer metastatic lymph nodes in 27 (37.5%) patients, about 80% of whom had no clinically palpable axillary lymph nodes. CONCLUSIONS: Noninvasive FDG-PET appears to be an accurate technique to predict axillary status in patients with breast cancer and thus to identify patients who might avoid ALND. These results should be confirmed in large multicenter studies.     

Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Breast Cancer in Jamaica

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Jamaican women. This study assessed the clinicopathologicfeatures of cases in a hospital-based specialist clinic in Kingston, Jamaica. A retrospective chart review wasperformed for the 2-year study period and relevant clinical and surgico-pathologic data were recorded andanalyzed. Median age of the 121 breast cancer patients was 52 years (range 22-84, IQR 20) and there was 1 caseof male breast cancer. Most patients (65%) were referred from the surgical service after definitive breast cancersurgery, 20% were referred for pre-operative systemic therapy, and 15% had a diagnosis of metastatic disease.The surgico-pathologic group comprised 78 women who were referred for adjuvant therapy. The majorityhad presented with a palpable breast lump (91%), with median tumour size 3.5cm (range 0.4-13, IQR 4). Mosttumours were node positive (56%). Approximately one-third of patients had stage III disease (33%). Most womenpresented with large palpable tumours and had lymph node involvement confirmed on surgicopathologicalevaluation, indicative of limited early breast cancer detection. A national screening mammography programmeis recommended for detection of earlier lesions. Pre-operative systemic therapy should be considered as an optionfor eligible patients.     

Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients. A preoperative staging procedure

Currently, axillary lymph node dissection is increasingly being replaced by the sentinel node procedure. This method is time-consuming and the full immunohistochemical evaluation is usually only first known postoperatively. This study was designed to evaluate the accuracy of preoperative ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirations (FNAs) for the detection of non-palpable lymph node metastases in primary breast cancer patients. We evaluated the material of 183 ultrasound-guided FNAs of non-palpable axillary lymph nodes of primary breast cancer patients. The cytological results were compared with the final histological diagnosis. Ultrasound-guided FNA detected metastases in 44% (37/85) of histologically node-positive patients, in 20% of the total patient population studied. These pecentages are likely to be higher when women with palpable nodes are included. Cytologically false-negative and false-positive nodes were seen in 28 (15%) and three cases (1.6%), respectively. Interestingly 25% (n=7) of the false-negative nodes, revealed micrometastases on postoperative histology. The sensitivity was 57%, the specificity 96%. We conclude that ultrasound-guided FNA of the axillary lymph nodes is an effective procedure that should be included in the preoperative staging of all primary breast cancer patients. Whether lymph nodes are palpable or not, it will save considerable operating time by selecting those who need a complete axillary lymph node dissection at primary surgery and would save a significant number of sentinel lymph node dissections (SLNDs).     

~（99m）Tc－MIBI核素显像在乳腺肿块诊断中的价值

目的评价核素显像在乳腺肿块诊断中的价值。方法应用９９ｍ锝－甲氧基异丁基异腈（９９ｍＴｃ－ＭＩＢＩ）核素显像技术检查女性乳房肿块３８例和乳腺癌局部切除术后２例。结果术后病理确诊为乳腺癌的２４例中，术前２１例９９ｍＴｃ－ＭＩＢＩ显像为阳性：而１４例良性乳腺肿块中，１０例显像为阴性。该法检测乳腺癌的灵敏度为８７．５％，特异性为７１．４％，准确性为８１．６％。９例乳腺癌腋下淋巴结转移者中术前显像阳性３例，８例乳腺癌扩大根治术者中术前显像阳性２例，均与病理检查结果相符。结论９９ｍＴｃ－ＭＩＢＩ显像对于鉴别乳腺良恶性肿块有一定价值。     

276例触不到肿块的乳腺癌(T0期)临床分析

目的:探讨触不到肿块的乳腺癌(T0期乳腺癌)的诊断、治疗和预后.方法:1978～1997年共收治女性乳腺癌9980例,其中检出T0乳腺癌276例(278例次).主要根据乳头溢液、乳腺腺体增厚、乳头糜烂、乳头回缩等主诉,进行追踪检查而发现,其中12例曾患乳腺癌的患者行对侧乳腺常规X线摄影而发现.结果:全部病例接受手术治疗并经病理组织学检查,病变多数(73.0%)为非浸润性癌及早期浸润性癌.234例根治术中淋巴结转移率为7.7%.结论:本组5、10、15年生存率分别为98.1%、94.6%、90.3%,明显提高了生存率.     

Conservation of the axilla: an audit of sentinel lymph node biopsy after a new start

Background

Four hundred twenty-eight patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer were assessed. All patients underwent axillary ultrasonographic scanning preoperatively or at the time of initial breast imaging. Suspicious axillary glands underwent core needle biopsy under ultrasonographic guidance.

Patients and Methods

The majority of patients were in the age range of 40 to 80 years. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was performed in 360 patients.

Results

Sixty-eight patients had axillary clearance as a first axillary procedure. Of these patients, 55 had a preoperative diagnosis of a positive axillary gland in the axilla on ultrasonographically guided core needle biopsy, and 13 had clinically palpable axillary lymph glands. Seventy-one patients (21%) had a positive sentinel lymph node on histopathologic examination after hematoxylin and eosin (H & E) staining. Preoperative scans of the axilla had been reported as normal in these patients. In 68 patients, further axillary surgery was performed to clear the axilla; 24 of these patients (35%) had more positive glands in the axilla. In 44 patients (65%) the sentinel lymph glands were the only positive glands. Of 224 patients with a tumor size ≤ 20 mm, there were 30 patients (14%) who had a positive sentinel node. Of 136 patients with a tumor size > 20 mm, there were 41 patients (33%) with positive sentinel nodes.

Conclusions

Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer allowed conservation of the axilla in 80% (289/360) of patients with negative sentinel lymph nodes in this study. Preoperative ultrasonographically guided core needle biopsy reduced the need for a second operation in 55 patients (13%).     

染料法乳腺癌前哨淋巴结活检的临床应用

为了探讨影响染料法乳腺癌前哨淋巴结活检（SLNB）成功率的因素及其可能机制,使用亚甲蓝染色法对89例乳腺癌进行SLNB,分析其可能的影响因素和机制.结果：78例成功检出前哨淋巴结（SLN）,检出率为87.6%.术前未触及肿大淋巴结者,SLN检出率明显高于可触及肿大淋巴结者（P＜0.05）,而假阴性率显著低于后者,P＜0.05;实验后期64例SLNB检出率高于实验早期25例的检出率,P＜0.05.初步研究结果提示,腋窝淋巴结肿大影响SLNB的检出率;SLNB技术学习曲线也可影响SLN的检出率.SLNB可用于指导乳腺癌的外科治疗.     

乳腺癌腋窝淋巴结声像图联合免疫组织化学与淋巴结转移的相关性研究

背景与目的：乳腺癌腋窝淋巴结转移对于乳腺癌患者的预后及治疗方案的选择有重要的指导意义。本研究旨在探讨乳腺癌腋窝淋巴结声像图表现联合免疫组织化学与腋窝淋巴结转移的相关性。方法：回顾性分析应用超声检出的366例乳腺癌患者共计728枚腋窝淋巴结的声像图表现,采用单因素分析、多因素logistic回归及受试者工作特征(receiver operating characteristic,ROC)曲线分析的方法,分别检验乳腺癌腋窝淋巴结皮质最大厚度、长短径之比、皮髓质之比和淋巴结血流特征,联合乳腺癌术后免疫组织化学结果,研究其与病理学腋窝淋巴结转移的相关性。结果：依据单因素分析,腋窝淋巴结皮质最大厚度、长短径之比、血流特征以及乳腺癌病灶p53的阳性表达率与淋巴结转移有关(P<0.05)。依据多因素分析及ROC分析,腋窝淋巴结皮质最大厚度是判定腋窝淋巴结转移的最佳指标。腋窝淋巴结皮质最大厚度大于3 mm的患者,其乳腺癌病灶的p53阳性表达率(42.78%)明显高于皮质最大厚度小于等于3 mm的患者(25.82%),差异有统计学意义(P<0.01)。结论：乳腺癌腋窝淋巴结声像图表现联合免疫组织化学评价腋窝淋巴结转移,对乳腺癌的临床诊疗方法选择具有重要价值。     

Occult breast cancer presenting axillary nodal metastasis: a case report

We report a case of a 42-year-old female with occult breast cancer presenting axillary nodal metastasis. She complained of a swelling of the right axillary lymph node, but no breast mass was palpable. Biopsy of the lymph node was performed and histological examination showed a metastatic ductal carcinoma with papillotubular formation. Estrogen receptor of the lymph node was positive. No pathological findings were obtained by mammography and ultrasonography and systemic examinations revealed no extramammary primary lesion. All these data suggested an occult carcinoma of the breast and modified radical mastectomy was performed. Pathological findings of the removed specimen failed to find the primary breast cancer lesion. The patient has been treated with hormonal therapy and she is well without evidence of disease 5 years after surgery.