Is sentinel node mapping possible in surgically removed ectopic axillary breast cancer? A case report.
We reported a 24-year-old female patient with the history of ectopic axillary breast cancer which was removed surgically. Sentinel node mapping was performed for lymphatic axillary staging of this patient with two injections of the 99m-Tc-phytate in both ends of the surgical scar. Lymphoscintigraphy showed an axillary sentinel node which was harvested during surgery and was not pathologically involved. Our case showed that sentinel node mapping is possible for ectopic axillary breast cancer patients even after excisional biopsy of the index lesion.
Royasadat
R
Alavifard
Sima
S
Kadkhodayan
Fatemeh
F
Homaee Shandiz
Vahid Reza
VR
Dabbagh
Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. sadeghir@mums.ac.ir.
Ramin
R
Sadeghi
D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D061305:Lymphoscintigraphy; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010833:Phytic Acid; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D000071036:Sentinel Lymph Node / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055815:Young Adult
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C026177:technetium phytate; D010833:Phytic Acid
accessory breast; breast cancer; lymphoscintigraphy; sentinel