Sentinel lymph node biopsy in juvenile secretory carcinoma.
A 9-year-old girl presented with a 3-year history of a right breast mass. Excisional biopsy showed a secretory carcinoma. A treatment plan of simple mastectomy and axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy was chosen. She remains free of disease at 3-year follow-up. Sentinel lymph node biopsy offers an approach to stage the axillary lymphatic basin with a lower complication rate than formal dissection. The authors advocate its use in the treatment of pediatric breast cancer.
Bond
Sheldon J
SJ
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Buchino
John J
JJ
Nagaraj
Hirikati S
HS
McMasters
Kelly M
KM
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy