0 a technical word for the armpit (= the hollow place under your arm where your arm joins your body) --
At 6 months postoperatively, the presence of pain in the chest, arm, and axilla, edema, decreased sensation in the operative area, and phantom breast pain were recorded.
Each of the following counts as one area: lymph nodes > 1 cm in the neck, axillae, groins, spleen and liver.
Therefore, additional significant disease may remain in the axilla after a positive sentinel lymph node.
It is especially important not to place a finger in the axilla, as direct axillary compression can produce radial nerve injury.
Even if the axilla is not specifically treated by regional lymphatic radiotherapy, there is a similar very low rate of nodal recurrence.
Her clinical examination revealed complete resolution of the palpable disease in her left axilla, and good healing of her breast biopsy site.
There was a continuous murmur heard at the right second intercostal space, and also in the left axilla and the left scapular region.
Several contemporary randomized trials indicate no survival advantage to performing axillary dissection in contrast to merely observing the axilla after invasive breast cancer.
