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.
Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, 1-3-3 Nakamichi, Higashinari-ku, Osaka, 537-8511, Japan.
Kazuyoshi
K
Motomura
Chiyomi
C
Egawa
Yoshifumi
Y
Komoike
Yoshihisa
Y
Hasegawa
Hiroki
H
Koyama
Hideo
H
Inaji
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