A lymph node biopsy is a test that checks for disease in your lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are small, oval-shaped organs located in different parts of your body. They’re found close to internal organs ...

If your doctor says you should get a lymph node biopsy, it's because they need to check for signs of disease, such as cancer. They take out a small piece of one of your lymph nodes and send it to a ...

Inguinal metastases in patients affected by anal cancer are an independent prognostic factor for local failure and overall mortality. Since 2001, sentinel lymph node biopsy was applied in these ...

A lymph node biopsy is when a doctor checks and removes a small piece of tissue or sample of cells from one of your lymph nodes. The doctor sends this to the laboratory and a specialist doctor called ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the use of ultrasound (US)-guided core biopsy of axillary nodes in patients with operable breast cancer. The ipsilateral axillae of 187 patients with suspected ...

A sentinel lymph node is a node or nodes that is likely to be the closest node draining a cancer, making it the earliest to show if a metastasis has occurred. Our surgical oncologists may biopsy or ...

A 69-year-old Caucasian male who is regularly followed for idiopathic hyper-eosinophilic syndrome presents for a routine checkup. Clinical examination identifies a hard, irregular, left, inguinal ...

A biopsy involves removal of whole or part of the lymph node to look under the microscope for signs of infection, or cancer. Lymph nodes are filters located at intervals between the lymph channels.

While the techniques of using either blue dye or radioactive colloid alone result in high identification rates, a number of authors subsequently investigated the benefit of using a combination ...

Lymphoma in the groin is a condition where cancerous cells form in the lymph nodes in the groin area. It can cause symptoms such as a lump or swelling, pain, discomfort, and more. Lymphoma occurs when ...