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Clinical Case Material
Case 1 Mucinous Breast Carcinoma
Case 2 Lobular Breast Carcinoma
Case 3 Papillary Carcinoma of the Breast
Case 4 Advanced, Multifocal Breast Carcinoma
Case 5 Non-palpable Breast Carcinoma
Case 6 Non-palpable Lower Inner Quadrant Breast
Carcinoma
Case 7 Lower Outer Quadrant Lesion and Previous
Breast Surgery
Case 8 Central Breast Carcinoma
Case 9 Upper Outer Quadrant Breast Carcinoma
Case 10 Upper Inner Quadrant Breast Carcinoma
Case 1 1 Internal Mammary Sentinel Node
in Upper Outer Quadrant Breast Carcinoma
Case 12 Micrometastases in Sentinel Nodes
Case 13 Fat Replacement of Sentinel Node
Case 14 Reduced Functional Capacity of Lymph Node
Case 15 “Langer’s Axillary Arch” and the Sentinel Node
Case 16 Presence of Blue Dye in Macrophages
Case 17 Subdermal Injection of Radiocolloid
and Peritumoral Injection of the Blue Dye
Case 18 Male Breast Carcinoma
Case 19 Malignant Melanoma of the Calf
Case 20 Malignant Melanoma of the Thigh
Case 21 Malignant Melanoma with Previous Excision
Case 22 Malignant Melanoma of the Upper Arm
Case 23 Colon Carcinoma
Case 24 Rectal Carcinoma
There is no substitute for experience, and illustra-
tions and descriptions of clinical case material can
only be considered as a guide to practice. Never-
theless, it is possible to use such material to draw
the attention of the interested reader to a number
of items which may contribute to faster apprecia-
tion of the variety and peculiarities that will be
encountered in the performance of the sentinel
node detection procedure.
Here we present a selection of cases from our
routine experience. We hope that these are inter-
esting and helpful, and that they will complement
the other data and information provided in this
book. This case selection is not intended to be
all-inclusive or comprehensive but it will offer
a reasonable sample of the material one encount-
ers in a typical hospital environment. Each clin-
ical case has a teaching point. A short history
introduces the clinical problem and a selection
of image data completes the descriptive material.
The data are displayed on two juxtaposed pages
to assist the reader in readily absorbing the infor-
mation.
