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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Neoplastic Processes > Neoplasm Metastasis > Extranodal Extension
Neoplasms > Neoplastic Processes > Neoplasm Metastasis > Extranodal Extension

Preferred term

Extranodal Extension  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A penetration of LYMPH NODE metastatic cells through the nodal capsule into the perinodal fatty tissue used in a TUMOR STAGING system (the TNM staging system). Tumor nodules located in the mesorectal/pericolic fatty tissues of the primary tumor.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Extracapsular Extension

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-H3FFF2N1-7

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