title: Xeroradiography of axillary lymph node disease.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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