title: Pretreatment scalene node biopsy in cervical carcinoma.
abstract: To evaluate incidence of scalene node metastases from carcinoma of the cervix, 20 patients had scalene fat-pad node biopsy. All cases were staged according to FIGO criteria and abdominal lymph nodes were studied by CT and lymphangiography. Scalene node metastases were found in 2 patients with clinically suspicious node and pelvic and paraaortic nodes involvement. Seven patients had sinus histiocytosis in scalene node biopsy and this seems related to a more favourable prognosis. From this study it appears that scalene node biopsy is not a routine procedure and should be performed in all patients with palpable supraclavicular masses or when paraortic nodes are involved.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trinci
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Raffetto
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Petrozza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Biagini
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009333:Neck; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*