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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Definition - a separate tumour nodule that is:<ref>URL: [http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=634128 http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=634128]. Accessed on: 28 March 2012.</ref> | |||
* | #>2 cm from the primary tumour. | ||
#Arises between the nearest (regional) [[lymph node]]s and the primary tumour. | |||
#*The tumour presumably arises from a lymphatic that drains the tissue in which the primary tumour grew. | |||
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*It is called "in-tranist", as it happens while the tumour is on the way to the regional lymph node. | |||
*If a separate tumour nodule <= 2 cm from the primary tumour, it is known as ''satellitosis''. | |||
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