Intradermal microbubbles and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a feasible approach for sentinel lymph node identification in early-stage breast cancer

Table 2 Classification of SLN in terms of CEUS and blue dye

Characteristic	Number of cases (%)	Number of SLNs identified (%)	Number of positive SLNs
CEUS⁺/blue dye⁺	96 (95.0 %)	101 (37.3 %)	40
CEUS⁺/blue dye⁻	2 (2.0 %)	14 (5.2 %)	1
CEUS⁻/blue dye⁺	1 (1.0 %)	107 (39.5 %)	6
CEUS⁻/blue dye⁻	2 (2.0 %)	49 (18.1 %)	0
Total	101 (100 %)	271 (100 %)	47

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