Diagnostic Pitfalls in Axillary Sentinel Lymph Node Evaluation
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Surgical excision of axillary lymph node(s) is standard practice in the management of invasive breast cancer. Whether sentinel or axillary lymph node excisions are performed, typically the histopathological distinction of metastatic carcinoma is straightforward. However, there are rare, though, important pathological entities that may pose a diagnostic challenge in the evaluation of axillary sentinel lymph nodes, including heterotopic epithelial inclusion and nevus cell aggregates.
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