Chapter 36 – Diseases of the Breast医学英文原版高清电子书.pdfVIP

CHAPTER 36 DISEASES OF THE BREAST Kelly K. Hunt, Marjorie C. Green, and Thomas A. Buchholz subclavicular nodes medial to the pectoralis minor muscle. The anatomy level III nodes are easier to visualize and remove when the pec- microscopic anatomy toralis minor muscle is divided. The apex of the axilla is defined breast development and physiology by the costoclavicular ligament (Halsted’s ligament), at which diagnosis of breast disease point the axillary vein passes into the thorax and becomes the breast imaging subclavian vein. Lymph nodes in the space between the pecto- identification and management of high-risk patients ralis major and minor muscles are termed the interpectoral group, benign breast tumors and related diseases or Rotter’s nodes, as described by Grossman and Rotter. Unless epidemiology and pathology of breast cancer this group is specifically exposed, they are not encompassed in staging of breast cancer surgical procedures that preserve the pectoral muscles. surgical treatment of breast cancer Lymphatic channels are abundant in the breast parenchyma and dermis. Specialized lymphatic channels collect under the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (intraductal nipple and areola and form Sappey’s plexus, named for the carcinoma