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'''Extranodal extension''', abbreviated '''ENE''', is extension of tumour from a [[lymph node metastasis]] to tissue outside of the lymph node. A precise consensus definition does not exist.<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Abdel-Halim CN, Rosenberg T, Larsen SR, Høilund-Carlsen PF, Sørensen JA, Rohde M, Godballe C |title=Histopathological Definitions of Extranodal Extension: A Systematic Review |journal=Head Neck Pathol |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=599–607 |date=June 2021 |pmid=32918710 |pmc=8134648 |doi=10.1007/s12105-020-01221-4 |url=}}</ref>

ENE is important in [[cancer staging]] and a poor prognosticator.

==See also==
*[[Lymph node pathology]].

==References==
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[[Category:Cancer staging]]

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