期刊
YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
卷 51, 期 3, 页码 407-413出版社
YONSEI UNIV COLL MEDICINE
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.3.407
关键词
Gastric cancer; sentinel lymph nodes; preoperative imaging; lymphography
资金
- Korean Research Foundation [KRF-2006-E00316]
Purpose: Preoperative identification of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) in gastric cancer (GC) patients may have great advantages for the minimally invasive treatment This study was performed to evaluate the possibility of preoperative SLN detection using CT lymphography Materials and Methods: Fourteen patients with early GC were enrolled CT images were obtained before and at 1, 3, and 5 minutes after endoscopic submucosal peritumoral injection of 2 mL iopamidol For patients with clearly identified SLNs, to make comparisons with the CT lymphography results, intraoperative SLN detection was performed using subserosally injected Indocyanine green (ICG) lymphography and ex vivo ICG and iopamidol lymphography using mammography was also performed Results: CT lymphography clearly visualized draining lymphatics and SLNs in 4 (28.6%) out of 14 patients All clearly visualized SLNs (one to three SLNs per patient) under preoperative imaging were detected in the same location by intraoperative ICG lymphography and ex vivo ICG and topamidol lymphography using mammography. All preoperative SLN detections were observed with the primary tumors in the lower third of the stomach Conclusion: Although our study demonstrated a SLN detection rate of less than 30%, CT lymphography with radio-contrast showed potential as a method of preoperative SLN detection for GC
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