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What Does Suspicious Lymph Nodes And Vascularization In The Cervical Nodes Mean?
My sister is a 12 year cancer survivor, but mets showed 2 years ago as seeding in the abdomen, causing SBO. She also has had other primaries ie...thyroid(total throidectomy) bladder(probably from agressive chemo), second primary breast. Now her lymph nodes are suspicious on U/S and they are reporting vascularization in some cervical nodes..also suspicious ...what does this mean? they want a needle bx i
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Any cancer can spread by three routes.
1. Lymphatic route
2. Hematogenous route
3. Direct spread.
So lymphatic spread is very common in gastrointestinal tumours and thyroid tumour.
So if your ultrasound report suggest increase vascularity in enlarged node, you need to rule out malignancy first.
And for this needle biopsy is needed.
So get done Needle biopsy.
Any cancer can spread by three routes.
1. Lymphatic route
2. Hematogenous route
3. Direct spread.
So lymphatic spread is very common in gastrointestinal tumours and thyroid tumour.
So if your ultrasound report suggest increase vascularity in enlarged node, you need to rule out malignancy first.
And for this needle biopsy is needed.
So get done Needle biopsy.
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