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Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with locally advanced breast cancer afte...
Aguiar,Paulo Henrique Walter; Pinheiro,Luiz Gonzaga Porto; Mota,Rosa Maria Salani; Margotti,Nair Hermínia Gurjão; Rocha,João Ivo XavierPURPOSE: To check the rate of sentinel lymph node (SLN) identification in patients with locally advanced breast cancer who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy comparing intraoperative contact cytology (imprint) and embedded in paraffin and validation of methods. METHODS: A cross-sectional validation of diagnostic test involving 34 patients from the outpatient clinic of the Maternity School Assis Chateaubriand. T...
Internal mammary lymph nodes identification from isolated sternum of human cadaver
Pinheiro,Luiz Gonzaga Porto; Valente,Paulla Vasconcelos; Aguiar,Paulo Henrique Walter; Martins,Fabrício de Sousa; Sales,Leonardo Adolpho de SáPURPOSE: To identify the lymph nodes positioned along the internal mammary vessels in isolated sternum of human cadaver and to standardize the surgical approach to those nodes, in order to establish anatomical landmarks to be used with the current techniques of mammary gland sentinel lymph node detection. METHODS: Ten sternum plates removed from unclaimed cadavers were used in this study. Sternal plates were re...