Patsikas M N, Dessiris A
Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Anat Histol Embryol. 1996 Jun;25(2):131-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.1996.tb00071.x.
The objective of this paper was to study the lymph drainage of the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th mammary glands in the bitch using indirect lymphography. The main conclusions drawn after the study of 67 normal lactating mongrel bitches were as follows: lymph drains from the first gland, usually to the axillary nodes, and, in few cases, to the axillary and superficial cervical nodes simultaneously. The second gland drains to the axillary nodes. The fourth gland usually drains to the superficial inguinal nodes, but it may, rarely, drain to the superficial inguinal and medial iliac nodes simultaneously. The fifth gland drains to the superficial inguinal nodes. Lymphatic connection between the mammary glands could not be demonstrated. Furthermore, it was confirmed that lymph can pass from one gland to another, through their common regional lymph nodes, by retrograde flow. It was demonstrated that there is a connection between the superficial inguinal lymph nodes from either side. It is suggested that lymphatic connection between the axillary and sternal nodes and between the axillary and bronchial nodes should be possible in some cases. Lymphatics of the mammary glands that cross the midline were not demonstrated.
本文的目的是利用间接淋巴造影术研究母犬第1、2、4和5乳腺的淋巴引流。在对67只正常泌乳杂种母犬进行研究后得出的主要结论如下：第一乳腺的淋巴通常引流至腋窝淋巴结，少数情况下同时引流至腋窝和颈浅淋巴结。第二乳腺引流至腋窝淋巴结。第四乳腺通常引流至腹股沟浅淋巴结，但很少同时引流至腹股沟浅淋巴结和髂内侧淋巴结。第五乳腺引流至腹股沟浅淋巴结。未证实乳腺之间存在淋巴连接。此外，证实淋巴可通过逆行流动从一个腺体经其共同的区域淋巴结流向另一个腺体。已证明两侧的腹股沟浅淋巴结之间存在连接。有人提出，在某些情况下，腋窝与胸骨淋巴结之间以及腋窝与支气管淋巴结之间可能存在淋巴连接。未发现有穿过中线的乳腺淋巴管。
