Lymphatic drainage pathways of the breast and the upper limb
TB Britton, CK Solanki, SE Pinder… - Nuclear medicine …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective To determine how often the sentinel lymph node (SLN) draining the breast is the
same node as the SLN draining the upper limb. A common SLN might increase the risk of
upper limb breast cancer-related lymphoedema after SLN biopsy. Methods Patients with
invasive breast cancer, identified as being suitable for axillary lymph node dissection, were
injected preoperatively with 40 MBq of technetium-99m (99m Tc)-human polyclonal
immunoglobulin G intradermally into the ipsilateral breast and 3 MBq of indium-111 (111 In) …
same node as the SLN draining the upper limb. A common SLN might increase the risk of
upper limb breast cancer-related lymphoedema after SLN biopsy. Methods Patients with
invasive breast cancer, identified as being suitable for axillary lymph node dissection, were
injected preoperatively with 40 MBq of technetium-99m (99m Tc)-human polyclonal
immunoglobulin G intradermally into the ipsilateral breast and 3 MBq of indium-111 (111 In) …