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Visualizing Lymph Node Structure and Cellular Localization using Ex-Vivo Confocal Microscopy
Published on: August 9, 2019
CT features of intrapulmonary lymph nodes confirmed by cytology
Dorith Shaham1, Madeline Vazquez, Naama R Bogot
1Department of Radiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. dshaham@hadassah.org.il <dshaham@hadassah.org.il>
Abstract:
We retrospectively assessed the computed tomography features of intrapulmonary lymph nodes confirmed by cytology in 18 patients. The median size of the lymph nodes was 5.8 mm (range=3.3-8.5 mm). All were below the carina, and only one nodule, which was associated with an interlobar fissure, was over 20 mm from the chest wall. The nodules were oval, round, triangular, or trapezoidal; had sharply defined borders; were solid and homogenous; and were without calcification. Six nodules (33.3%) had a discrete thin tag extending to the pleura. Intrapulmonary lymph nodes can reliably be confirmed by fine needle aspiration with cytological diagnosis.
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