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From: Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of Para-aortic lymph node metastasis in uterine cervical cancer: diagnostic accuracy and impact on clinical decision making

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US-FNAC and therapeutical effect of a para-aortic lymph node. a a 49-year-old woman with metastatic squamous carcinoma from cervical cancer presents with a 16 mm Lymph node located left paraaortic region above the inferior mesenteric artery (I). b After 5 months of radiotherapy, the size of lymph nodes are significantly reduced. c Needle tip (arrow) is clearly defined as being within the Lymph node and conventional US displays the pass of the puncture needle through the mesentery or bowels (arrowhead). d The FNAC results was diagnosed as metastatic squamous cell carcinoma with scattered atypical cells, necrosis and cytokeratinization (HE stain,× 20). = aorta; V = Inferior vena cava; N = Lymph node

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