[Little extra information with ultrasonic studies of the axillary glands in patients with breast carcinoma].

In order to establish the value of ultrasound examination of the axillary lymph nodes on the presence of lymph node metastases of carcinoma of the breast a prospective survey was carried out in 100 consecutive patients with a carcinoma of the breast on which a lymph node dissection was performed. In the survey the results of the ultrasound examination were compared with the results of the physical and pathological examinations. Although the sensitivity of the ultrasound examination was higher (60%) than that of the physical examination (33%) the ultrasound examination proved insufficiently reliable.