title: Colour Doppler studies of axillary node metastases in breast carcinoma.
abstract: Colour Doppler scans were carried out on 80 patients with breast carcinoma. Both the tumour and the lower axilla were scanned in all 80 patients. Seventy-five patients subsequently underwent axillary lymph node dissection and histological examination. The sensitivity of colour Doppler scanning for axillary node involvement was 70%, with a specificity of 98% and a positive predictive value of 96%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chetty
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paterson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003116:Color; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods*