A case of axillary web syndrome with subcutaneous nodules following axillary surgery

Breast

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 410-412

  Reedijk, Michael ^a   Boerner, Scott ^a   Ghazarian, Danny ^a   McCready, David ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Axillary web syndrome; Lymphatics; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLA; AXILLARY WEB SYNDROME; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; BREAST TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SYNDROME;

ADULT; ARM; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYNDROME;

EID: 33744524820     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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