title: Magnetic resonance axillography for preoperative diagnosis of the axillopectoral muscle (Langer's axillary arch): a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Affiliated Kihoku Hospital, Wakayama Medical University, 219 Myouji, Katsuragicho, Itogun, Wakayama 649-7113, Japan. suzuma@mail.wakayama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takaomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuma
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: Goro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Teiji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umemura
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Qi-Feng
authors.initials: QF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okamura
mesh_terms: 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*