title: Axillary lymph node and early breast cancer diagnostics. A case report.
abstract: Understanding of the anatomy of the axillary lymph nodes is important in diagnostic and treatment procedures for breast cancer. An interesting case is presented here of breast cancer without a breast tumour. The first symptom of the disease was lymphadenopathy of the axillary region. This kind of case is extremely rare in clinical practise (one case per 1-5 years) and constitutes a great problem for specialists, since in many cases the primary neoplasm source is unknown. The anatomical and clinical implications of such a situation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Anatomy, Medical University School of Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Madej
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maciejewski
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wójtowicz
authors.forename: Franciszek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burdan
authors.forename: Kamil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kadej
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Furtak
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003949:Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy