Research Article

Prediction of Sentinel Node Status and Clinical Outcome in a Melanoma Centre

Table 2

Micromorphometric features of SLN positive patients.

Micromorphometric features (%)

Size of metastasis
 ≤1mm15 (31.3)
 >1 mm24 (50.0)
 Unknown9 (18.7)
Intranodal location
 Subcapsular16 (33.3)
 Parenchymal9 (18.7)
 Both15 (31.3)
 Extensive6 (12.5)
 Unknown2 (4.2)
Number of metastatic foci
 115 (35.7)
 2–516 (38.1)
 >511 (26.2)
 Unknown6 (12.5)
Extranodal invasion
 Presence9 (19.1)
Lymphatic invasion
 Presence10 (21.3)
CLND
 Positive13 (29.5)