The importance of axillary dissection as part of the primary surgical procedure in the treatment of operable cases of carcinoma of the breast is established. The morbidity of this procedure, however, is less well documented. A study of 126 women who had had full axillary dissection as part of their initial surgical treatment was undertaken to assess their degree of morbidity in terms of numbnes...

Regional complications after axillary lymphadenectomy are common and usually involve perioperative skin dehiscence, wound infection, and seroma formation and later arm lymphedema. Gentle handling of tissues during operation, and routine use of closed catheter suction drainage with direct external axillary compression with immobilization of the shoulder after nodal dissection are advocated to mi...

Variations in the upper limbs are common and are the main causes for iatrogenic injury during invasive procedures. A rare division of the axillary artery was found on the left side of a Korean cadaver during an educational dissection. The subscapular artery originated from the second part of the axillary artery. And then it gave off an aberrant branch to the pectoralis major muscle, as pectoral...

Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been explored as a method to determine the need for axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in breast cancer patients. In theory, a properly performed negative SLNB should accurately identify those patients without axillary node involvement, thereby obviating the need for a more morbid ALND. The risk of arm morbidity, particularly lymphedema, chronic pain, sh...

BACKGROUND The prognostic value and clinical implication of micrometastases and isolated tumor cells (ITCs) in sentinel lymph nodes are still not clearly defined. This study was designed to collect clinical pathological data in our Institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-five cases of micrometastases and nine cases of ITCs were identified among 1,000 sentinel lymph node biopsies performed at...

© 2013 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1547 Journal Compilation © 2013 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Telangiectasias are small dilated vessels observed after inflammatory diseases, radiotherapy and in vascular malformations, such as Sturge-Weber neurovascular syndrome (1). Purpura is a discoloration of the skin due to extravasation of red blood cells. Extravasated blood is broke...

Abstract Aim Targeted Axillary Dissection (TAD) is a procedure where positive axillary nodes are clipped with view to sentinel lymph node dissection plus removal of post-neoadjuvant therapies (NACT) rather than clearance (ANC), reducing morbidity. This study aimed assess whether patients single undergoing NACT would benefit from TAD. Method Patients planned for TAD post-NACT were identified the...

A case of synchronous carcinoma of the accessory mammary gland and primary breast lymphoma with subsequent rectal carcinoma has not been reported previously. We present a very rare case of primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the left breast diagnosed simultaneously with invasive lobular carcinoma of the left axillary accessory mammary gland and rectal adenocarcinoma. An 82-year-old Japanese woman p...

HYPOTHESIS Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a reliable and accurate method for monitoring primary tumor response in the breast and can be used as a surrogate to predict final axillary nodal status. DESIGN Retrospective study (October 1, 2004, through February 28, 2006) of 46 patients with clinically staged locally advanced breast cancer. SETTING Comprehens...