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#[[Soft_tissue_lesions#Lymph_node_metastases_in_sarcomas|Lymph node metastases in sarcomas]] are uncommon; they are seen in <3% of cases.<ref name=pmid8424704>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fong | first1 = Y. | last2 = Coit | first2 = DG. | last3 = Woodruff | first3 = JM. | last4 = Brennan | first4 = MF. | title = Lymph node metastasis from soft tissue sarcoma in adults. Analysis of data from a prospective database of 1772 sarcoma patients. | journal = Ann Surg | volume = 217 | issue = 1 | pages = 72-7 | month = Jan | year = 1993 | doi = | PMID = 8424704 | PMC = 1242736}}</ref> | #[[Soft_tissue_lesions#Lymph_node_metastases_in_sarcomas|Lymph node metastases in sarcomas]] are uncommon; they are seen in <3% of cases.<ref name=pmid8424704>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fong | first1 = Y. | last2 = Coit | first2 = DG. | last3 = Woodruff | first3 = JM. | last4 = Brennan | first4 = MF. | title = Lymph node metastasis from soft tissue sarcoma in adults. Analysis of data from a prospective database of 1772 sarcoma patients. | journal = Ann Surg | volume = 217 | issue = 1 | pages = 72-7 | month = Jan | year = 1993 | doi = | PMID = 8424704 | PMC = 1242736}}</ref> | ||
#Fatty lymph nodes (esp. fatty hilus<ref name=pmid18337039>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mack | first1 = MG. | last2 = Rieger | first2 = J. | last3 = Baghi | first3 = M. | last4 = Bisdas | first4 = S. | last5 = Vogl | first5 = TJ. | title = Cervical lymph nodes. | journal = Eur J Radiol | volume = 66 | issue = 3 | pages = 493-500 | month = Jun | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.01.019 | PMID = 18337039 }}</ref>) are less likely to harbor metastases.<ref name=pmid21972135>{{Cite journal | last1 = Korteweg | first1 = MA. | last2 = Veldhuis | first2 = WB. | last3 = Mali | first3 = WP. | last4 = Diepstraten | first4 = SC. | last5 = Luijten | first5 = PR. | last6 = van den Bosch | first6 = MA. | last7 = Eijkemans | first7 = RM. | last8 = van Diest | first8 = PJ. | last9 = Klomp | first9 = DW. | title = Investigation of lipid composition of dissected sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer patients by 7T proton MR spectroscopy. | journal = J Magn Reson Imaging | volume = 35 | issue = 2 | pages = 387-92 | month = Feb | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1002/jmri.22820 | PMID = 21972135 }}</ref> | #Fatty lymph nodes (esp. fatty hilus<ref name=pmid18337039>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mack | first1 = MG. | last2 = Rieger | first2 = J. | last3 = Baghi | first3 = M. | last4 = Bisdas | first4 = S. | last5 = Vogl | first5 = TJ. | title = Cervical lymph nodes. | journal = Eur J Radiol | volume = 66 | issue = 3 | pages = 493-500 | month = Jun | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.01.019 | PMID = 18337039 }}</ref>) are less likely to harbor metastases.<ref name=pmid21972135>{{Cite journal | last1 = Korteweg | first1 = MA. | last2 = Veldhuis | first2 = WB. | last3 = Mali | first3 = WP. | last4 = Diepstraten | first4 = SC. | last5 = Luijten | first5 = PR. | last6 = van den Bosch | first6 = MA. | last7 = Eijkemans | first7 = RM. | last8 = van Diest | first8 = PJ. | last9 = Klomp | first9 = DW. | title = Investigation of lipid composition of dissected sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer patients by 7T proton MR spectroscopy. | journal = J Magn Reson Imaging | volume = 35 | issue = 2 | pages = 387-92 | month = Feb | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1002/jmri.22820 | PMID = 21972135 }}</ref> | ||
# Cancer within adipose tissue may be classified as a ''lymph node metastasis''; in the context of breast cancer where: cancer in axillary adipose tissue in the absence of normal breast tissue, absence of in situ breast carcinoma and absence of residual lymphoid tissue is classified as a lymph node metastasis/micrometastasis/isolated tumour cells in lymph node.<ref>College of American Pathologists. Cancer Protocol Templates - Breast Invasive, Resection. Version 4.5.0.0. Available at: [https://documents.cap.org/protocols/Breast.Invasive_4.5.0.0.REL_CAPCP.docx https://documents.cap.org/protocols/Breast.Invasive_4.5.0.0.REL_CAPCP.docx]. Accessed on: August 8, 2021.<ref> | |||
DDx - mimics of metastatic disease: | DDx - mimics of metastatic disease: | ||