A false positive for metastatic lymph nodes in the axillary region of a breast cancer patient following mastectomy

Breast Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-144

  Fujiuchi, Nobuko ^a   Saeki, Toshiaki ^a   Takeuchi, Hideki ^a   Sano, Hiroshi ^a   Takahashi, Takao ^a   Matsuura, Kazuo ^a   Shigekawa, Takashi ^a   Misumi, Misono ^a   Nakamiya, Noriko ^a   Okubo, Katsuhiko ^a   Osaki, Akihiko ^a   Sakurai, Takaki ^a   Matsuda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Breast cancer; Local recurrence; Lymph node metastasis; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISCHARGE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MASTECTOMY; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79956356422     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12282-009-0125-9     Document Type: Article

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