False positive lymphography in Hodgkin's disease: a histologic-lymphadenographic correlation.
A series of 99 consecutive patients having a staging laparotomy for Hodgkin's disease was reviewed. Negative lymph nodes removed during the laparotomy were correlated with lymphograms reported as positive or suspicious. Four patients had large nodes with a prominent hilar area or irregular cortical fat deposits. In two other patients a cluster of small lymph nodes accounted for the radiologic misinterpretation.
D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008220:Lymphography / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged