Interstitial magnetic resonance lymphography is an effective diagnostic tool for the detection of lymph node metastases in patients with cervical cancer

Table 1 Results of interstitial MR lymphography, visual blue dye lymphography and pathological anatomy in 22 cases

case	Preoperative MRI			Intraoperative blue dye lymphography		Pathological anatomy
	position	amount	nature	position	amount	position	amount	nature
1	B.Ob. LN	2	-	B.Ob. LN	2	B.Ob. LN	3	-
2	B.Ob. LN	2	-	B.Ob. LN	2	B.Ob. LN	2	-
3	L.I.I.B.LN	3	-	L.I.I.B.LN	2	L.I.I.B.LN	3	-
4	B.Ob. LN	2	+	B.Ob. LN	1	B.Ob. LN	2	+
5	B.E.I.B.LN.	2	-	B.E.I.B.LN.	3	B.E.I.B.LN.	4	-
6	B.E.I.B.LN.	3	-	B.E.I.B.LN.	2	B.E.I.B.LN.	3	-
7	R.I.I.B.LN	1	+	R.I.I.B.LN	1	R.I.I.B.LN	1	+
8	B.Ob. LN	5	-	B.Ob. LN	2	B.Ob. LN	4	-
9	B.Ob. LN	2	-	B.Ob. LN	2	B.Ob. LN	2	-
10	R.Ob. LN	1	-	R.Ob. LN	1	R.Ob. LN	1	-
11	L.Ob. LN	2	-	L.Ob. LN	1	L.Ob. LN	3	-
12	L.D.I.LN.	2	-	L.I.I.B.LN	1	L.I.I.B.LN	3	-
13	L.Ob. LN	1	-	L.Ob. LN	1	L.Ob. LN	1	+
14	B.Ob. LN	3	-	B.Ob. LN	1	B.Ob. LN	4	-
15	C.LN.	4	-	C.LN.	2	C.LN.	4	-
16	L.Ob. LN	3	-	L.Ob. LN	1	L.Ob. LN	3	-
17	R.Ob. LN	3	+	R.Ob. LN	3	R.Ob. LN	4	+
18	L.Ob. LN	3	+	L.Ob. LN	3	L.Ob. LN	3	+
19	L.Ob. LN	3	+	L.Ob. LN	1	L.Ob. LN	3	+
20	B.E.I.B.LN.	2	-	B.E.I.B.LN.	3	B.E.I.B.LN.	4	-
21	B.Ob. LN	3	-	B.Ob. LN	2	B.Ob. LN	5	-
22	B.E.I.B.LN.	4	-	B.E.I.B.LN.	3	B.E.I.B.LN.	4	-
Total		56			40		66

(−) Negative case was diagnosed as lymph node metastasis. (+)Positive case was diagnosed as lymph node metastasis.
(L.) Left, (R.)Right, (B.) Bilateral, (Ob. LN.) obturator lymph nodes, (E.I.B.LN.) external iliac blood vessel lymph nodes, (I.I.B.LN.) internal iliac blood vessel lymph nodes, cervical lymph nodes (C.LN.), deep inguinal lymph node (D.I.LN.).

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