title: [Clinical evaluation of the spherical transformation sign in metastatic and degenerative changes in the lymph nodes of uterine cancer patients].
abstract: The work is concerned with a clinical assessment of the spheric transformation sign in the differential diagnosis of metastatic and degenerative changes in lymph nodes of cervical cancer patients. The value of the projection index was checked in a retrospective analysis of 45 lymphograms in patients with histologically proved cancer metastases, fibrous-fat degeneration and in those without any pathological changes. The studies performed indicated a somewhat limited value of the projection index, since its precision proved to be 56.8%. In the practical work the projection index may serve but as an adjunct in assessment of lymphograms and only in combination with other roentgenological signs of the lymph node involvement.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008220:Lymphography; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Klinicheskaia otsenka priznaka sfericheskoĭ transformatsii pri metastaticheskikh i degenerativnykh izmeneniiakh limfaticheskikh uzlov u bol'nykh rakom matki.