title: Equivalent cross relaxation rate image for decreasing a false negative case of sentinel lymph node biopsy.
abstract: In the breast carcinamas, sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) attracts attention as technique to be settled by axillary lymph node metastasis, but existence of a false negative case is a problem. Equivalent cross relaxation rate image (ECRI) is the measurement method that we can evaluate a change of organization structure quantitatively by magnetic resonance imaging. We executed axillary ECRI as a purpose with decreasing a false negative case of SLNB. ECRI related to a macroscopic image, and it was possible to evaluate yes or no of axillary lymph node metastasis. ECRI is the useful method to evaluate adaptability of SLNB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Aichi Cancer Center. 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, 464-0021 Nagoya, Japan. smts@mail.interq.or.jp
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Shuhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarumaru
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Era
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sogami
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: Yasutomi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kinosada
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy