Upper GI 2017

Morphology: Malignant LNs

• Malignant characteristics – Round shape – Necrosis – Signal intensity similar to primary tumour* – Extracapsular tumour extension – Speckled calcification (e.g. in mucinous adenocarcinoma of colon or ovary)

*Barentsz J et al, Radiology 1996; 201:185-193