Relationship between the lymphatic drainage of the breast and the upper extremity: A postmortem study

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3410-3415

  Pavlista, David ^a   Eliska, Oldrich ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVANS BLUE;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CADAVER; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE OF THE BREAST; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AXILLA; BREAST; CADAVER; COLORING AGENTS; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROSANILINE DYES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84868193083     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2363-x     Document Type: Article

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