Visualization of Contralateral Axillary Sentinel Node in Breast Cancer in a Patient With a History of Sternotomy

Visualization of Contralateral Axillary Sentinel Node in Breast Cancer in a Patient With a History of Sternotomy

A 63-year-old woman with a history of coronary artery bypass graft presented with adenocarcinoma on the border between the lateral upper and lower quadrants of the right breast. Sentinel node procedure was performed and showed a sentinel node with drainage in the left axilla despite her history of s...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 396 - 397
Main Authors: Stevens, Henk, van der Burgh, Jaap, Vierhout, Ronald J
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc 01-05-2007
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - diagnostic imaging
Adenocarcinoma - pathology
Axilla - pathology
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
Breast Neoplasms - surgery
Coronary Artery Bypass
Female
Humans
Lymph Node Excision
Lymph Nodes - pathology
Lymphatic Metastasis - diagnosis
Lymphatic Metastasis - diagnostic imaging
Mastectomy
Middle Aged
Radionuclide Imaging
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy - methods
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Summary:A 63-year-old woman with a history of coronary artery bypass graft presented with adenocarcinoma on the border between the lateral upper and lower quadrants of the right breast. Sentinel node procedure was performed and showed a sentinel node with drainage in the left axilla despite her history of sternotomy. No sentinel node in the right axilla was seen. At operation, a mastectomy was performed with axillary lymph node dissection of the right side (29 lymph nodes with metastases). A sentinel node procedure for the left axilla showed 2 lymph nodes with metastases.
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ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/01.rlu.0000259638.60841.79