Seroma Cytology in Breast Cancer: An Underappreciated Issue

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• 作者：Huseyin Ozgur Aytac¹ ; ^{oaytac@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Tarik Zafer Nursal¹ ; Tamer Ç ; olakoğlu¹ ; Filiz Aka Bolat² ; Gö ; khan Moray³
• 关键词：Drain cytology ; Free cancer cells ; Local recurrence ; Lymph node ; Sentinel node
• 刊名：Clinical Breast Cancer
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：16
• 期：6
• 页码：e187-e191
• 全文大小：244 K

文摘

The presence of malignant cells in postoperative seroma has been ignored in current breast cancer treatment. We aimed to assess the presence of malignant seroma cytology and to evaluate its relationship with the known prognostic factors for breast cancer.

Patients and Methods

The solution from irrigation of the operation field and postoperative drainage fluid from 68 patients were prospectively collected and examined for malignant cytology. The results were evaluated according to the tumor characteristics and patient demographics.

Results

Malignant cytology was found in none of the intraoperative samples but was found in the postoperative samples from 4 patients. Of these 4 patients, 3 were free of axillary metastasis. None of the common risk factors for breast cancer was associated with the finding of malignant cytology.

Conclusion

Malignant cells can be seen in the drainage fluids from breast cancer patients independent of any contamination occurring during surgery, even in those without axillary metastasis.