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 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?

The armpit and shoulder serve as the meeting place for the torso and arms, ... This same vessel evolves into the axillary artery in the armpit region.

December 8, 2011 (San Antonio, Texas) — More evidence suggests that there is no price to pay for forgoing axillary dissection (AD) in patients with breast cancer who have minimal lymph node ...

Sometimes, an additional dose or "boost" of radiation is added to the axillary region. ... axillary-node dissection and radiation between 1970 and 2005. A total of 2,174 patients ...

Background A 48-year-old man presented to his GP with an indolent swelling in his left axillary region. He also complained of a cough, a feeling of pressure in his chest, general poor health, and ...

Axillary Web Syndrome (AWS): A postoperative complication characterised by palpable, cord-like bands in the axillary region, often associated with pain and limited mobility.

For patients with low-risk disease, it is unclear whether to specifically target the axilla. Even without targeting this region, level I and a portion of level II are likely to be within the TFs. 15 ...