title: False negative sentinel node procedure established through palpation of the biopsy wound.
abstract: We describe our first false negative sentinel node biopsy after ceasing confirmatory axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer. Palpation of the axilla through the biopsy wound prevented understaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, Amsterdam, 1066 CX, The Netherlands. ptanis@nki.nl
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Tanis
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Nieweg
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Merkus
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Peterse
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Kroon
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy