title: A tattoo pigmented node and breast cancer.
abstract: Over the last decade, the axillary SLNB has replaced routine ALND for clinical staging in early breast cancer. Studies describe a potential pitfall in the identification of a true sentinel node during surgery due to lymph node pigmentation secondary to migration of tattoo dye. These pigmented “pseudo-sentinel” nodes, if located superficially in the axilla, may mimic the blue sentinel node on visual inspection, therefore missing the true sentinel node and potentially understaging the patient. Here, we present a case report of a breast cancer patient with a tattoo and discuss the importance of tattoo pigment in the LN (Fig. 1, Ref. 8).
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soran
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanbour-Shakir
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonaventura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008327:Mammography; D008408:Mastectomy; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D013653:Tattooing