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J Dagnelie

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PubMed2003

Sentinel lymph node imaging and research after bone scintigraphy in breast cancer patients.

The aim of the study is to see if Bone Scan (BS) - when performed the day before the operation-interferes with the results of the Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) technique using radiocolloids (their pre-operative imaging and their peroperative research). Therefore, the data of 393 patients who had one selective lymphadenectomy of the SLN(s) followed by the complete axillary node (AxN) clearance for Breast Cancer and among whom 309 patients had one BS the day before the operation (and just before the injection-s for the SLN) and 84 did not, were analysed and compared. The two series presented the same characteristics with regard to: age, clinical staging of the tumour, kind of injection-s performed (intradermic and paratumoural and/or intraparenchymal and peritumoral), pathological size of the tumour, percentage of cases with no AxN invasion, total number of AxN removed by the surgeons. The percentages of no axillary SLN visualisation, the mean numbers of axillary SLN visualised on pre-operative lymphoscintigram as well as of SLN removed by the surgeons were not statistically different in the groups of patients with (respectively, 12.11, 2.6 and 3.03) and without BS (respectively, 12.99, 2.7 and 2.96). More noteworthy, the false negative (FN) rate of the SLN technique, albeit having a higher observed value in the group with BS (9.6%, 12/125), did not differ significantly from that in the group without BS (5.6%, 2/36). The accuracies (overall correct classification rates), the sensitivities and the negative predictive values of the SLN technique also did not differ significantly between the two groups. It is concluded that the SLN technique can be accurately performed just after one BS.

Adult↗
PubMed2003

How 'hot' is the pathologically positive sentinel lymph node in breast cancer patients?

When many lymph nodes are found by using lymphoscintigraphic techniques performed to detect the sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in breast cancer, it is usual to find that the 'hottest' SLN is not always the node that is pathologically positive (pN+). Various criteria have been proposed to define which radioactive lymph nodes should be removed. In order to determine the frequency with which the hottest SLN 'fails' to be pN+, and to determine which criteria best define the radioactive lymph node to be removed, we reviewed and analysed our cases in which more than one SLN was detected and where there was also at least one pN+ node. From a series of 181 patients, 40 were selected. In 11 of these 40 cases (27.5%), the hottest SLN was not pN+. Radioactivity levels in the pN+SLN of these 11 patients ranged from 2% to 94% of the activity of the hottest SLN. Twenty-one patients (52.5%) showed only micrometastatic (pN1a) disease in one or more SLNs. In four of these patients (19%) the pN1a SLN was not the hottest node. Two of the patients had radioactivity levels in the pN+SLN which were more than 50% of that of the hottest SLN. In another two of these patients (9.5%), radioactivity levels were lower than 50% of that of the hottest node (respectively, 38% and 2%). However, in these two last cases, the first and hottest SLN removed surgically was found, by the pathologist, to consist of six nodes. Macrometastases (dimensions greater than 2 mm) were found in 19 patients. In 12 of these patients, the hottest SLN was macrometastatic although macrometastases and/or micrometastases were found in other 'cooler' SLNs in four of them. In another seven of these patients (36.8%), macrometastases were found in SLNs with radioactive levels lower than 51% of that of the hottest node. One patient (with three SLNs) out of the 40 (2.5%) had one SLN pN+ with less than 10% of that of the hottest. In fact, it contained only one micrometastasis and its activity was equal to 2%. Upon pathological examination, however, the hottest lymph 'node' was found to consist of six nodes. It is concluded that, with four intra-mammary and peritumoural injections of 99mTc labelled nanosized colloids of Human Serum Albumin (Nanocoll R: Sorin: 74 MBq and 0.05 mg per injection) performed 18-24 h before using a gamma probe to detect the SLNs, the hottest SLN was not the pathologically positive node in 27.5% of patients in our series. By using the activity in the hottest SLN as the reference point, and 10% of this activity as the lower threshold for removing active SLNs, the sensitivity of the technique is 97.5%.

Adult↗
PubMed2002

[Subcutaneous nodules and lung cavitated nodules].

An african 22-year old man consulted because of disseminated subcutaneous nodules which appeared two months ago with an increasing number. He also complained from productive cough, wheezing and dyspnea on exertion. A chest CT-scan revealed multiple cavitated nodular lesions in both lungs.

Adult↗
PubMed2001

Electrocardiographic manifestations of heart metastasis from a primary lung cancer.

Though acute myocardial infarction is one of the most frequent causes of ST segment elevation, there are other, less frequent, reasons for such electrocardiographic changes. In the present case, a cardiac metastasis from a squamous cell lung carcinoma was responsible for these changes. The secondary lesion was located in the apex of the left ventricle and induced an ECG alteration mimicking myocardial ischaemia. The literature includes few reports that describe the relation between electrocardiographic changes and heart metastases, since heart metastases are not usually discovered except at autopsy.

Aged↗
PubMed1999

[Anatomical-clinical conference: mediastinal mass].

A 56 years-old man developed a pneumonia. An anterior mediastinal mass is fortuitly found on the chest X-ray and the patient is hospitalised for further investigations. Differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses is discussed.

Biopsy↗
PubMed1997

[Complications related to the administration of iodinated contrast media].

Improvement brought to iodinated molecules aims to obtain an optimal enhancement effect together with a lower toxicity. However, benign adverse events remain a common risk, and anaphylactoid reactions from the intravascular administration of iodinated contrast media may occur at random and are unpredictable. Although most contrast reactions are mild and self-limited, severe and even life-threatening reactions can occur at any time and for any kind of agent. Physicians must be aware of possible complications related to administration of this kind of agents and must be able to identify patients at risk, to care for prevention and prescribe an appropriate premedication regimen.

Anaphylaxis↗
PubMed1989

Concomitant osteitis fibrosa cystica and ameloblastoma of the mandible.

A patient with a multiloculated cystic lesion of the mandible, and clinical as well as biological features of hyperparathyroidism is presented. This association suggesting the diagnosis of brown tumor was actually due to an ameloblastoma of the mandible. Such a concomitant association of an ameloblastoma with symptomatic hyperparathyroidism has never been reported to our knowledge.

Adenoma↗
PubMed1989

[Technical aspects of guided biopsy following placement of a "harpoon" for infra-clinical, radiologically suspect breast lesions].

The importance of systematic mammography in cancer screening had been well demonstrated. "Harpooning" under radiological control improves the precision of the surgical technique of excisional biopsy of infra-clinical mammary lesions. Among the 20 patients subjected to this technique at the Bordet Institute, 6 cases were malignant tumors (30%). Only once did this technique not allow the excision of the mammographically visualized lesion. No surgical complications have been noted. The neoplastic lesions had been essentially represented radiologically as grouped, dense and irregular microcalcifications.

Biopsy, Needle↗