Reproducibility of lymphoscintigraphy before and after excisional biopsy of primary breast lesions: A study using superficial peri-areolar injection of the radiotracer

Is sentinel node mapping possible in surgically removed ectopic axillary breast cancer? A case report

“…However, our case had a previous history of excisional biopsy of the ectopic breast tissue with a scar in the axilla. Although sentinel node mapping is not contra-indicated in case of excisional biopsy of the primary breast cancer lesions [7][8][9][10][11], a history of previous surgery in the axilla is considered as a contra-indication for sentinel node mapping by many experts. They argue that previous axillary surgery can impede the lymph flow to the axilla with a resulting unacceptable…”

Reliability of the sentinel node mapping according to time from surgery in breast cancer patients with previous excisional biopsy: Comment on Sabaté-Llobera et al. study

“…Based on the systematic review of Javan et al, sentinel lymph node mapping of breast cancer patients with the previous history EB was associated with considerably high pooled detection rate of 91.3% [95% CI: 89.2-93.1%], which was similar to patients without previous EB (92.8%) [95% CI: 91.1-94.3%]. 4 Another relevant study by Aliakbarian et al evaluated the effect of time interval between EB and SLNB in breast cancer patients. 2 In a recent study by Marrazzo et al, no axillary recurrence was observed in breast cancer patients with history of EB in a median follow up time of 63.5 month, which is also in accordance to the Sabaté-Llobera et al study.…”