Xeroradiography of axillary lymph node disease.
Xeroradiographic evaluation of the axillary lymph nodes permits differentiation of characteristic patterns, including normal nodes and those enlarged as the result of fatty infiltration, inflammation, metastases from a breast primary, or primary nodal disease such as lymphoma or hyperplasia. The author describes his experience with this technique in selected patients.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007249:Inflammation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014986:Xeroradiography