Cant E L, Shivas A A, Forrest A P
Lancet. 1975 May 3;1(7914):995-7. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(75)91944-3.
The distribution of pectoral (external mammary) nodes identified during the operation and removed with the axillary tail of the breast was studied in 45 patients treated by simple (total) mastectomy. Up to 13 nodes may lie within the axillary tail, and these are continuous with the pectoral nodes. Lymph-nodes were identified in 90 percent of patients treated by simple (total) mastectomy without dissection of the axilla.
对45例行单纯（全）乳房切除术的患者，研究了手术中识别出并随乳房腋尾部一并切除的胸肌（乳房外侧）淋巴结的分布情况。腋窝尾部内最多可有13个淋巴结，且这些淋巴结与胸肌淋巴结相连。在未进行腋窝淋巴结清扫的单纯（全）乳房切除术患者中，90%的患者发现了淋巴结。
