Lymph node identification in carcinoma of the colon and rectum. Value of tissue specimen radiography.
A method for identifying lymph nodes in tissue specimens from patients with carcinoma of the colon and rectum by soft X-rays is described and assessed. The method seems superior to more time-consuming and possibly tissue-damaging procedures, and it affords a possibility of identifying lymph nodes down to a size 1--2 mm in formalin-fixed as well as in non-fixed tissue specimens.
D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D011859:Radiography; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013679:Technology, Radiologic