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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1453</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>UTILITY OF ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY IN ASSESSING AXILLARY LYMPH NODE STATUS IN CARCINOMA BREAST&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>B.N.</surname><given-names>Sandhyalakshmi</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname/><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gothe</surname><given-names>Rajeev</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kulkarni</surname><given-names>M.H.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>54</fpage><lpage>57</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Assessment of lymphnode status in carcinoma breast is an important factor in staging. Lymphnode status can be evaluated by different methods such as physical examination and sentinel node biopsy. Ultra sonography features such as round, hypo echoic, with loss of central hilum, eccentric cortical hypertrophy of lymphnode indicate the malignant involvement of lymph nodes. This study was conducted to evaluate the ultra sonography features of metastatically involved axillary lymphnodes. Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration of involved axillary lymph nodes was done to confirm the findings. Ultrasonography of axillary lymphnodes will detect the small lymphnodes which can be missed on physical examination. Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration will help in removal of metastatically involved lymphnodes in axillary clearance in a single surgery.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Ultrasound</kwd><kwd> FNAC</kwd><kwd> Axillary lymphnode</kwd><kwd> Carcinoma breast.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
