title: [Axillary Lymph Nodes Metastases from Occult Breast Cancer Recurrence at Ten Years after Resection--Case Report].
abstract: We encountered a case of axillary lymph nodes metastases from occult breast cancer recurrence at 10 years after resection. Ten years previously, a 71-year-old woman had undergone surgery (dermabrasion+full thickness skin graft+axillary lymph node dissection) for axillary lymph nodes metastases from occult breast cancer. After the operation, she had received chemotherapy and hormone therapy for 5 years. Then, in the recent 5 years, she had stopped attending our hospital. Ten years after the first operation, she came back to our hospital with a lump in her axillary region. She underwent resection for the subcutaneous mass and the axillary lymph nodes. The pathological diagnosis implied metastases from breast carcinoma. We checked up a hole her body. However, we could not detect the original lesion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Saki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: Shuhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakagami
authors.forename: Keita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Katsuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Enomoto
authors.forename: Sadao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors