The left axillary region seemed slightly swollen and quite tender, and a few small lymph nodes could be felt. The left shoulder anteriorly and the clavicular and pectoral regions were tender to touch.

The axilla is the space in the interval marking the junction of the upper arm and the chest wall. ... Clavipectoral fascia – a layer of fascia (tough connective tissue) in the pectoral region; ...

The word "dissection" may conjure images of a high school biology lab full of frogs or sheep's eyeballs in various stages of deconstruction. But an axillary node dissection is a decidedly ...

Exam of a 48-year-old man with indolent swelling in the left axillary region, cough, night sweats, and fever showed a 4 cm axillary node and several 1.5 cm cervical nodes. How would you proceed?

Between 1997 and 2001 axillary lymph node (LN) dissection comprised of clearance of level 1, 2, and 3 and since 2002 the interpectoral region was also routinely dissected. In all patients level 1 was ...

Hence, the breast cancer cells spread first to this region. The draining lymph nodes from the axilla are removed together with the entire axillary pad of fat when the malignant mass in the breast ...

The disease can be seen at the scrotum, perineum, perianal region, hip, axilla, periumbilical region, and breast areola -- any area that has apocrine sweat glands. It has a typical appearance ...

He sustained an impalement injury with a metallic rod lodged in the left axilla (region under the shoulder joint where the arm connects to the shoulder) and shoulder region following a fall from a ...