目的评价彩色多普勒超声对乳腺癌前哨淋巴结( SLN)微转移的诊断价值.方法:回顾性分析行乳房单纯切除/ 保乳+ SLN 活检术的患者167例,术后对139例术中快速冷冻病理检查为阴性的314枚SLN行病理超薄切片和免疫组化检查,结合患者彩超结果,分析彩色多普勒超声对存在乳腺癌微转移的SLN诊断的准确性及声像学特点.结果:有淋巴结微转移的19例 患者的彩色多普勒成像中,15例有丰富的形态学改变或血流显示,且有12例获得动脉血流频谱.淋巴结微转移组淋巴结长短径比( L/S)为 1. 43±0.31,周边血流峰值流速(Vmax)为( 18.29 ± 2.70 ) cm / s,阻力指数( RI )为 0.72 ± 0.13.SLN 微转移组淋巴结的I/S 明显小于正常淋巴结组(P = 0.024 ), Vmax、 RI均高于正常淋巴结组(均P〈0. 0 5 ) 但与宏转移组相比,差异无统计学意义(P〉 0.05).结论:彩色多普勒超声对存在微转移的乳腺癌淋巴结有可观的诊断指征.结合示踪剂引导SLN活检,可提高SLN的发现率及活检率.
Objective To evaluate the clinical value of color Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis of breast cancer micrometastases in sentinel lymph nodes (SLN). Methods: 167 patients underwent breast simple mammectomy or breast-conserving surgery plus SLN biopsy were analyzed retrospectively. 314 SLN tissue from 139 negative cases were examined by HE staining and immunohistochemical assay and ultrasonogra-phy. The diagnostic accuracy and characteristics of color Doppler ultrasound for patients with breast cancer micrometastases in SLN were analyzed combined with the results of ultrasonography. Results: Among 19 cases with SLN micrometastases,under color Doppler evaluation,15 cases showed abundant morphological changes and blood flow changes, and arterial flow spectrums were obtained from 12 patients. The L/Sratio of SLN,peripheral blood flow peak velocity (Vmax) and resistance index (RI) in the SLN microme- tastases group were 1. 43± 0. 31,1 8. 29 ± 2. 70 cm/s and 0. 72± 0. 1 3 ,respectively. The L/S ratio of SLN was significantly lower,while Vmax and RI were notably higher in the micrometastases group than in the normal group ( P 〈 0.05). However, it showed no significant difference between the micrometastases group and the macrometastases group in the above indexes ( P 〉0. 05). Conclusion: Color Doppler ultra-sound had a clinical value for the diagnosis of breast cancer micrometastasis in SLN. SLtracer can improve the detection rate of SLN.