title: Metastases to the internal mammary lymph nodes as the only spread of ductal breast cancer: case description.
abstract: The present paper describes a case of a breast cancer patient in whom lymphoscintigraphy identified metastases in the internal mammary nodes whilst the axillary lymphatic center was tumor-negative. Because of the lymph node involvement, cancer was restaged from original I to IIIc. Consequently, the patient was qualified for chemotherapy with docetaxel and doxorubicin. The case described is another contribution for the routine application of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in breast cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Surgical Oncology, Regional Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wroclaw, Poland. bebmar@dco.com.pl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bebenek
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jedrzejuk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milewicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy