Angiographic assessment of lymphatic metastasis from gastric cancer.
Lymph node metastasis was evaluated angiographically in 151 patients with gastric cancer. In 20% of the patients with nodal metastases, abnormally staining masses were demonstrated by angiography. Superselective angiography is useful in confirming the presence of lymph node involvement.
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging