Historical review of breast lymphatic studies

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 531-536

  Suami, Hiroo ^a,b   Pan, Wei Ren ^a,b   Taylor, G Ian ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Gerota's method; History; Lymphatic system; Mercury injection

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL GOLD; DYE; HOT WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEAD OXIDE; MERCURY; TURPENTINE OIL;

AXILLA; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DUCT; CADAVER; CANCER THERAPY; CANNULA; HUMAN; LACTATION; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MILK; NIPPLE; PARENCHYMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORACIC DUCT;

ANATOMY; BREAST; FEMALE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MERCURY;

EID: 67650370144     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20812     Document Type: Review

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