Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.115, No.5, p.311-312, 2014
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Title: A tattoo pigmented node and breast cancer |
Author: A. Soran, A. Kanbour-Shakir, O. Bas, M. Bonaventura |
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Abstract: Over the last decade, the axillary SLNB has replaced routine ALND for clinical staging in early breast cancer. Studies describe a potential pitfall in the identification of a true sentinel node during surgery due to lymph node pigmentation secondary to migration of tattoo dye. These pigmented “pseudo-sentinel” nodes, if located superficially in the axilla, may mimic the blue sentinel node on visual inspection, therefore missing the true sentinel node and potentially understaging the patient. Here, we present a case report of a breast cancer patient with a tattoo and discuss the importance of tattoo pigment in the LN (Fig. 1, Ref. 8). T
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Keywords: breast cancer, sentinel node, tattoo, upgrade. |
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Year: 2014, Volume: 115, Issue: 5 |
Page From: 311, Page To: 312 |
doi:10.4149/BLL_2014_063
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