Abstract
The axillary arch of Langer is the most common muscular variation in the axilla. Recognition of anatomic variations is important for surgeons to perform safe axillary surgery. We describe a case of a woman with breast cancer, in whom sentinel lymph node biopsy was successfully performed and the presence of this anomaly preoperatively diagnosed by magnetic resonance axillography.
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Abbreviations
- MRI:
-
Magnetic resonance imaging
- MR-axillography:
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Magnetic resonance axillography
- SLN:
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Sentinel lymph node
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Reprint requests to Takaomi Suzuma, Department of Surgery, Affiliated Kihoku Hospital, Wakayama Medical University, 219 Myouji, Katsuragicho, Itogun, Wakayama 649-7113, Japan.
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Suzuma, T., Sakurai, T., Yoshimura, G. et al. Magnetic resonance axillography for preoperative diagnosis of the axillopectoral muscle (langer’s axillary arch): a case report. Breast Cancer 10, 281–283 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02966730
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02966730