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'''Lymph nodes''', abbreviated '''LNs''', are very important in pathology. They are the site of [[metastases]] and/or may be the site of a primary tumour, i.e. [[lymphoma]]. | |||
Haematopathology and lymphoma is dealt with in the ''[[haematopathology]]'' article. This article covers the basics of lymph nodes. Lymph node pathology is dealt with in the ''[[lymph node pathology]]'' article. | Haematopathology and lymphoma is dealt with in the ''[[haematopathology]]'' article. This article covers the basics of lymph nodes. Lymph node pathology is dealt with in the ''[[lymph node pathology]]'' article. | ||
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==Pathology== | |||
{{Main|Lymph node pathology}} | |||
LNs are very important in [[cancer staging]] and are, in many contexts, sampled routinely. | |||
===Sentinel lymph nodes=== | |||
*Abbreviated ''SLN''. | |||
*LN sampling is associated with morbidity; thus, selective LN sampling is preferred. | |||
*The most important LNs in a LN chain, in the context of [[cancer]], are the ones that are adjacent to the tumour; these are known as '''sentinel lymph nodes'''. | |||
Use: | |||
*[[Sentinel lymph node sampling in breast cancer|Breast cancer]] - very common. | |||
*[[Malignant melanoma]] - first context in which SLN sampling was done. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||