Magnetic resonance axillography for preoperative diagnosis of the axillopectoral muscle (Langer's axillary arch): a case report.
The axillary arch of Langer is the most common muscular variation in the axilla. Recognition of anatomic variations is important for surgeons to perform safe axillary surgery. We describe a case of a woman with breast cancer, in whom sentinel lymph node biopsy was successfully performed and the presence of this anomaly preoperatively diagnosed by magnetic resonance axillography.
Suzuma
Takaomi
T
Department of Surgery, Affiliated Kihoku Hospital, Wakayama Medical University, 219 Myouji, Katsuragicho, Itogun, Wakayama 649-7113, Japan. suzuma@mail.wakayama-med.ac.jp
Sakurai
Takeo
T
Yoshimura
Goro
G
Umemura
Teiji
T
Shimizu
Yukio
Y
Yang
Qi-Feng
QF
Okamura
Yoshitaka
Y
D001365:Axilla / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000379:methods*