title: Occult axillary lymph node metastases from breast cancers with intramammary lymphatic tumor emboli.
abstract: Serial sections were performed on the axillary lymph nodes from 28 women with mammary carcinoma and intramammary lymphatic tumor emboli. Occult metastases were demonstrated in nine women (32%), all less than 2 mm in diameter. During the 10 years of follow-up, no difference in recurrences was found between this group (33%) and those without occult metastases (37%). Serial sectioning of lymph nodes in this group of patients does not appear to be helpful in prognosis.
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000473:pathology*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis