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Study of axillary lymph node asymmetry in a female population

Vito MarcianòFelicia FarinaGiovanni ZummoAntonio PalmaMarianna BellafioreFrancesco CappelloFabio Bucchieri

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OncologyAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyPathologyHistologyAxillary lymph nodesmedicine.medical_treatmentTumoral antigenic stimulationBreast NeoplasmsFunctional LateralityBreast cancerBreast cancerInternal medicinemedicineHumansMolecular BiologyLymph nodeEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsRadical mastectomyMastectomyAgedBreast cancer; Histopathological changes; Hyperplasia; Mastectomy; Tumoral antigenic stimulation; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); AnatomyHyperplasiabusiness.industryCell BiologyHyperplasiaMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Histopathological changeAxillamedicine.anatomical_structureLymphatic MetastasisAxillaFemaleLymphLymph NodesAnatomybusinessMastectomy RadicalMastectomyDevelopmental BiologyResearch Article

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We analysed a large series of axillary lymph nodes, with and without metastases following radical mastectomy for breast cancer. We found left/right asymmetry in numbers of lymph nodes, and also asymmetry of lymph node dimensions, which could have been the caused by tumoral antigenic stimulation. The distribution of hyperplastic node patterns differed significantly.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2001-11-01
10.1017/s002187820100841xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10447/191028