Demonstration of tissue alterations by ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, and histology in breast cancer patients without lymphedema after axillary node dissection

Lymphology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 118-126

  Tassenoy, A ^a   Vermeiren, K ^a   Van Der Veen, P ^a   Stadnik, T ^a   De Ridder, F ^a   Peeters, E ^b   Van Schuerbeek, P ^a   Lamote, J ^a   Llevens, P ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Department of Rehabilitation Research ^*

Author keywords

Adipogenesis; Breast cancer; Lymphedema; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Soft tissue histology; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BIOPSY; BODY FAT; BODY WATER; BREAST CANCER; CADAVER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CADAVER; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33749014395     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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