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[Extrapelvic sentinel lymph nodes in cervical cancer: a review]
L Ouldamer1, H Marret, O Acker
1Département de gynécologie, centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Tours, hôpital Bretonneau, 2 boulevard Tonnelé, Tours, France. l.ouldamer@chu-tours.fr
Objective:
To determine the frequency of extrapelvic sentinel lymph node in patients with cervical cancer.
Materials And Methods:
We performed systematic searches (Medline, Pubmed; up to April 2010) to determine the route of lymphatic spread in cervical cancer and to review results on extrapelvic sentinel lymph nodes.
Results:
According to our search, 2.51% of detected sentinel lymph nodes in patients with cervical cancer were extrapelvic: 2% in the inguinal chain and 98% in the lower paraaortic area.
Discussion And Conclusion:
The unusual localizations of sentinel lymph nodes impose to the gynaecologic surgeons to be hardened in performing lymph node dissection in all the territories potentially affected.
