title: [Expectant management concerning the breast in 5 patients with occult breast carcinoma].
abstract: Five women, between 53 and 78 years old, had axillary lymph node disseminations without a primary breast tumour being found at clinical and radiological investigations. There is much uncertainty about the treatment to be applied in such cases. The patients' breasts were left untreated. One patient had a manifest breast tumour after 6 months' follow-up. The other four patients did not show any sign of a primary tumour after a median follow-up of 26 months (21-96). An expectative policy has already found support in medical literature. The axilla should preferably be treated with axillary lymph node dissection.
authors.affiliation: Drechtsteden Ziekenhuis, locatie Refaja, afd. Chirurgie, Dordrecht.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: van de Weijer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van Ooijen
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Hesp
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Blom
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary
vernacular_title: Expectatief beleid ten aanzien van de mamma bij 5 patiënten met occult mammacarcinoom.