What Is the Color of Your Lymph Node?

We describe a case of tattoo ink in an axillary lymph node, which was observed during an axillary dissection and mastectomy surgery. It is important to be aware of this phenomenon and correctly identify it at the time of surgery, as a misdiagnosis can have serious consequences.

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Autores principales: Ben Naftali, Yeela, Brodsky, Asia, Bar-Meir, Eran D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6326623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30656101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001990
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spelling pubmed-63266232019-01-17 What Is the Color of Your Lymph Node? Ben Naftali, Yeela Brodsky, Asia Bar-Meir, Eran D. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Case Report We describe a case of tattoo ink in an axillary lymph node, which was observed during an axillary dissection and mastectomy surgery. It is important to be aware of this phenomenon and correctly identify it at the time of surgery, as a misdiagnosis can have serious consequences. Wolters Kluwer Health 2018-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6326623/ /pubmed/30656101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001990 Text en Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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