Axillary recurrence after negative sentinel node biopsy in a patient with breast cancer: report of a case.
We report a case of axillary recurrence after sentinel node biopsy without axillary lymph node dissection in a patient with breast cancer. A hot and dye-stained node was identified at the primary operation and then at the time of axillary recurrence. Sentinel node biopsy is a promising alternative to axillary lymph node dissection in patients with breast cancer because of the low associated incidence of axillary recurrence.
Motomura
Kazuyoshi
K
Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, 1-3-3 Nakamichi, Higashinari-ku, Osaka, 537-8511, Japan.
Egawa
Chiyomi
C
Komoike
Yoshifumi
Y
Hasegawa
Yoshihisa
Y
Koyama
Hiroki
H
Inaji
Hideo
H
D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy