OBJECTIVE To evaluate the agreement between temperature measured at the axilla and rectum in children and young people. DESIGN A systematic review of studies comparing temperature measured at the axilla (test site) with temperature measured at the rectum (reference site) using the same type of measuring device at both sites in each patient. Devices were mercury or electronic thermometers or i...

PURPOSE The negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy avoids conventional axillary dissection in patients with breast cancer with clinically negative axilla. Despite negative SLN, there is a risk of leaving involved non-SLN behind in the axilla. We investigated the predictive power of tumor characteristics for non-SLN metastasis. METHODS Lymphatic mapping with blue dye method for SLN biopsy a...

OBJECTIVE Sentinel lymph node biopsy is the recommended approach in the evaluation of axilla during breast cancer surgery. In this study, results of patients who underwent methylene blue sentinel lymph node biopsy were evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 32 female patients with T1 and T2 tumors. 5 ml of 1% methylene blue was injected into the peritumoral area or around the cav...

Aim: To dosimetrically compare and evaluate Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) versus conventional five field radiotherapy (5FCRT) in postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT). Material and Methods: This study included 25 consecutive patients for PMRT. Target volumes (chest wall, axilla, supraclavicular regions [SCF]) and normal structures (lungs, heart, spinal cord, opposite breast) were de...

Corresponding author: Dr. Swati Gandhi Assistant Professor ,Department of Anatomy ,Dr. R.M.L Hospital,PGIMER,New Delhi, India.E-mail: [email protected] This article may be cited as : Gandhi S, Arora J, Mehta V ,Suri K. Unusual neural arborization in Axilla-Case Report .Int J Com Health and Med Res 2015;1(1):26-9 Article Recieved 1-11-15 Accepted On: 14-12-2015 NTRODUCTION Knowledge of neural...

Axillary skin excision in the management of axillary hyperhidrosis was first described by Hurley & Shelley in 1963. They explain that they discovered this treatment accidentally in 1957 during an investition of the histology of axillary sweat glands. A skin biopsy specimen taken from the axilla of a patient with intense hyperhidrosis produced a remarkable reduction in the amount of sweat in thi...

PURPOSE To evaluate and present our initial results of a new marker (hemosiderin) for mammary sentinel lymph node identification in an experimental model. METHODS Skins mapped like a lymphatic duct draining to the axilla in patients submitted to breast biopsy, in our mastology service, stimulated us to try it in an animal model (female dogs). Our theory was that some blood derivate (hemosider...

PURPOSE Dry axilla can sometimes be found among dehydrated older patients. In this study, we measured the axillary moisture and assessed it as possible marker for dehydration. METHODS Twenty-nine older patients admitted with acute medical conditions participated in this study. Dehydration was diagnosed by the calculated serum osmolality of greater than 295 mOsm/L. The moisture of axilla was m...