Volume 63, Issue 4, Pages 739-744 (April 2013) Prognostic Value of Perinodal Lymphovascular Invasion Following Radical Cystectomy for Lymph Node–positive Urothelial Carcinoma Hans-Martin Fritsche, Matthias May, Stefan Denzinger, Wolfgang Otto, Sabine Siegert, Christian Giedl, Johannes Giedl, Fabian Eder, Abbas Agaimy, Vladimir Novotny, Manfred Wirth, Christian Stief, Sabine Brookman-May, Ferdinand Hofstädter, Michael Gierth, Atiqullah Aziz, Arkadius Kocot, Hubertus Riedmiller, Patrick J. Bastian, Marieta Toma, Wolf F. Wieland, Arndt Hartmann, Maximilian Burger European Urology Volume 63, Issue 4, Pages 739-744 (April 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.09.053 Copyright © 2012 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Extranodal extension of urothelial carcinoma (haematoxylin and eosin, ×100). Note the clear invasion of the tumour cells (asterisks) in the perinodal tissue with adipocytes (arrowheads) and large blood vessels (arrow). European Urology 2013 63, 739-744DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2012.09.053) Copyright © 2012 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Perinodal lymphovascular invasion with tumour cells (arrow) within a lymphatic vessel with clearly visible endothelial lining (arrowheads); note the focal adherence to the endothelial cells (asterisks) (haematoxylin and eosin, ×200). European Urology 2013 63, 739-744DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2012.09.053) Copyright © 2012 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Cancer-specific survival in 158 lymph node–positive patients after radical cystectomy for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, stratified by absence or presence of perinodal lymphovascular invasion. pnLVI=perinodal lymphovascular invasion. European Urology 2013 63, 739-744DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2012.09.053) Copyright © 2012 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 4 Cancer-specific survival in 158 lymph node–positive patients after radical cystectomy for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, stratified by absence or presence of perinodal lymphovascular invasion (pnLVI) in combination with pT category. Low risk: pnLVI absent and ≤pT2; intermediate risk: pnLVI present or ≥pT3; high risk: pnLVI present and ≥pT3. LR=low risk; IR=intermediate risk; HR=high risk. European Urology 2013 63, 739-744DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2012.09.053) Copyright © 2012 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions