title: Sentinel lymph node biopsy in juvenile secretory carcinoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
authors.forename: Sheldon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bond
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Buchino
authors.forename: Hirikati S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Nagaraj
authors.forename: Kelly M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: McMasters
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy