Axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy after mastectomy: a case report

BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node biopsy has been established as the preferred method for staging early breast cancer. A prior history of mastectomy is felt to be a contraindication. CASE PRESENTATION: A patient with recurrent breast cancer in her skin flap was discovered to have positive axillary sen...

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Autores principales: Vicente, Diego A, Henry, Leonard R, Hahm, George, Soballe, Peter W, Smart, DeeDee
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20618969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-8-59
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node biopsy has been established as the preferred method for staging early breast cancer. A prior history of mastectomy is felt to be a contraindication. CASE PRESENTATION: A patient with recurrent breast cancer in her skin flap was discovered to have positive axillary sentinel nodes by sentinel lymph node biopsy five years after mastectomy for ductal carcinoma in situ. CONCLUSION: A prior history of mastectomy may not be an absolute contraindication to sentinel lymph node biopsy.

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