[Breast cancer and Axillary Reverse Mapping].

作者信息

Baron M, Forestier-Lebreton F, Muller M, Teig B, Laberge-Le Couteulx S

机构信息

Département de chirurgie, centre régional de lutte contre le cancer de Haute-Normandie, 80 rue d'Amiens, Rouen cedex, France.

出版信息

Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2008 Jul-Aug;36(7-8):779-81. doi: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2008.05.005. Epub 2008 Jul 23.

We report a case of T1N0 left breast cancer in a 47-year-old woman. Histopathological examination of a non sentinel axillary lymph node showed a pigmentation due to a decorative tattoo of the arm. The authors discuss a new concept: Axillary Reverse Mapping.