title: [Breast cancer and lymph node metastasis: relation of lymph node dimensions and metastasis].
abstract: The Authors have examined 1159 lymph nodes obtained from 64 cases of breast carcinoma to value the presence of a correlation between the insurgence of metastases and lymph node dimensions. Metastases were more frequent in larger lymph nodes. Nevertheless, metastases were also present in small (< 5 mm) or very small (< 2 mm) lymph nodes. This indicates the importance to carefully examine small lymph nodes during gross examination and to obtain multiple sections from them.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica, Università degli Studi di Palermo.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cappello
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barresi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martorana
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging