title: Abnormal axillary lymph nodes on negative mammograms: causes other than breast cancer.
abstract: Enlargement of lymph nodes can be due to a variety of benign and malignant     causes. The most common malignant cause is invasive ductal carcinoma, which is     usually visualized with mammography. Excluding breast cancer, other causes of     abnormal lymph nodes that produce a negative mammogram include lymphoma,     metastases from other malignancies, and benign etiologies such as inflammatory     processes, infectious diseases, collagen vascular diseases, and miscellaneous     causes. In this essay, we described common causes of abnormal axillary lymph     nodes on negative mammograms excluding breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey. drburcugorkem@gmail.com
authors.forename: Süreyya Burcu
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Görkem
authors.forename: Avice M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: O'Connell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D018427:Breast Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013653:Tattooing / Q000009:adverse effects