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"The tumor is invasive through the muscularis propria into the pericolonic fat." This tumor has penetrated through the colon wall and into the surrounding fat. Lymph Nodes. The lymph system…

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › 9353437

Pericolic lymph nodes are seen much more frequently in patients with colonic cancer than in patients with diverticulitis. The detection of pericolic lymph nodes in patients suspected of having diverticulitis…

ajronline.org › doi › ajr

Detection of pericolonic lymph nodes in patients with colorectal cancer: an in vitro and in vivo study of the efficacy of endosonography. Pericolic mesenteric lymph nodes: an aid in distinguishing…

nature.com › articles › 3800791

The pericolonic tumor deposits were characterized by their appearance, size, distance from the primary tumor and by their relation with the lymphatic tissue not organized in lymph nodes.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › 10207426

When there are no pericolonic lymph nodes adjacent to a segment of colonic wall thickening, with pericolonic inflammatory changes, the most likely diagnosis is diverticulitis. When pericolonic lymph nodes are…

ajronline.org › doi › ajr

The detection of nodes resulted in a diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for colonic cancer of 71% and 85%, respectively. Pericolic lymph nodes are seen much more frequently in patients with…

bmccancer.biomedcentral.com › articles › 10.1186 › s12885-020-07037-3

Overall, there was limited evidence involving upward pericolic lymph nodes metastasis in patients with rectal cancer. In the present study, the incidence of pPCN (4.5%) was higher than expected and…

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › 17491597

DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800791. Abstract. The current TNM classification considers a tumor nodule in the pericolic/perirectal adipose tissue as venous invasion if the nodule has an irregular contour and as regional lymph…

healthline.com › health › cancer › benign-vs-malignant-lymph-node

Swollen lymph nodes are more likely to be benign than malignant. Benign means the lymph nodes don’t contain cancer cells. Malignant means they do contain cancer cells.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › 8517321

Our study suggests that only approximately half of the malignant nodes in patients with colorectal carcinoma are visualized with endosonography of the surgical specimen. Even fewer nodes are visualized on…

academic.oup.com › gastro › 2910189

Individual CT features (bowel wall thickening, hyperenhancement, mural stratification, mesenteric hyperemia, pericolonic stranding and enlarged lymph nodes), as well as the cumulative CT score (sum of inflammatory parameters), demonstrated statistically…

sciencedirect.com › science › S2772736X22000470

When encountered in pericolonic lymph node dissection, paraganglioma may be mistaken as a tumor deposit from the primary adenocarcinoma. However, careful examination will reveal that the tumor nests are surrounded…

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This study was done to determine if the detection of pericolic lymph nodes on CT scans could be used to differentiate cancer of the colon from diverticulitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS.…