Castleman's disease is a rare benign lymphoproliferative disorder of uncertain origin which most commonly involves the mediastinum but rarely affects the axilla. We report a case of localized Castleman's disease involving the axillary lymph node. Mammography revealed a well-defined, homogeneously dense ovoid mass, 3 cm in size, in the left axilla, while gray-scale ultrasonography (US) demonstra...

Purpose: To quantify the incidental radiation dose delivered to axilla and internal mammary nodal (IMN) area by Conventional Tangential Radiation Therapy (CRT), 3 Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3DCRT) and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). Methods and Materials: We prospectively evaluated incidental radiation to axilla in twenty cases of breast cancer treated with adjuvant ...

DESCRIPTION A 16-year-old adolescent boy with neurofibromatosis presents with neurofibromas of the axilla and arm.

In response to the report by Nilsson and Ripa of higher rates of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in the throat compared with the rates in the nose (3), Harbarth et al. reported contrary findings for a small number of intensive care unit (ICU) patients (1). They reported a 62% sensitivity of throat swabs for detecting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage, with only 1 of 13 ...

Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) has largely replaced axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) as the standard-ofcare for nodal staging in invasive breast cancer. Preoperative imaging-based staging of the axilla using ultrasound with selective ultrasound-guided needle biopsy (UNB) is moderately-sensitive and identifies approximately 50% of patients (pooled estimate from meta-analysis 50%; 95% confidence...