(n.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
(n.) An axil.
Example Sentences:
(1) The masses were solitary and located in the retroperitoneum (five cases), mediastinum (one case), and axilla (one case).
(2) The lesion has occurred in many sites, but is commonest in the thorax (60%), abdomen (11%), neck (14%), and axilla (4%).
(3) Electrical and mechanical responses were evoked in the elbow flexors (EFs) of normal subjects and myopathy patients by maximal stimulation of the musculocutaneous nerve by a wire electrode in the axilla.
(4) The T-1 nerve root obstructs posterolateral access to the T-1 vertebra, necessitating an inferolateral approach underneath the T-1 nerve root axilla.
(5) (i) ipsilateral mastectomy with contralateral biopsy; (ii) ipsilateral segmental excision with block dissection of the axilla; (iii) bilateral mastectomy; and (iv) diagnostic excision biopsy and lifelong follow-up of both breasts with clinical examination and mammography.
(6) Axilla skin biopsy is, therefore, an easy and reliable method for confirming the diagnosis of adult polyglucosan body disease.
(7) Only a single child relapsed in the unirradiated axilla, and this simultaneously with cervical, mediastinal and paraortic nodes.
(8) We believe that the brachial-jugular graft is a procedure that can be considered as vascular access for hemodialysis in cases where the use of veins in the upper extremity and the axilla is not possible.
(9) Our material consisted of 50 breast cancer cases with negative axilla.
(10) The antibacterial soap also reduced the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus on the skin, mostly by virtually eliminating it from areas other than the axilla.
(11) Twenty-two patients with hyperhidrosis were treated at twenty-seven sites (axillae, palms, soles) with this unit.
(12) We conclude that CT of the axilla only appears to be of value when the axilla is impossible to palpate due to previous treatment.
(13) In 38 patients undergoing femoral artery profundaplasty and in 18 having simple mastectomy with pectoral node biopsy, a 6.2 per cent solution of sodium sulphan blue was injected peripherally to outline the lymph nodes in the groin or axilla.
(14) Histological examination of skin specimens from this area of the axilla demonstrated hypoplasia of the apocrine sweat glands, but normal eccrine sweat glands, indicating an apocrine dependent axillary sweating function.
(15) Three patients are described who developed painful bands across the axilla which severely restricted shoulder abduction after breast surgery and axillary lymph-node dissection.
(16) This paper reports a difference in the lymphoid tissue area in the axilla of node-negative breast cancer patients in the first versus the second half of the year, the area being greater in the latter.
(17) We review our surgical experience with hidradenitis suppurativa of the axilla at Cook County Hospital during the years 1963 to 1972.
(18) A retrospective review evaluated results of 38 posttreatment biopsies (with resulting benign pathologic findings) that were performed on 32 irradiated breasts or axillae in 31 of 232 patients who underwent conservation treatment of early-stage breast cancer.
(19) Their use prevents the uncomfortable prolonged splintage of the axilla with the shoulder in abduction which follows split skin grafting.
(20) In addition, all affected members show a characteristic pattern of cutaneous hyperpigmentation, which resembles macular amyloidosis around the neck and waist, but which confers a dappled appearance to the axillae, popliteal fossae, thighs, buttocks, and lower aspect of the abdomen.
Axillar
Definition:
(a.) Axillary.
Example Sentences:
(1) The estrogen receptor status of both the breast tumor and the metastatic axillar lymph nodes was high.
(2) The author warns against clinical studies based upon clinical assessment of the axillar lymph node status.
(3) The pectoralis major muscle was transected at its midportion to expose the thoracic wall for radical dissection of axillar and subclavicular lymphnodes followed by resuturing of the muscle to preserve its continuity.
(4) The periosteum electrically stimulated for 6 days was grafted into the axillar muscle, and new bone tissue was found in 40 out of 44 animals (90.9%).
(5) Two protease inhibitors, DE-3 and DE-4, were purified from Macrotyloma axillare seed by gel filtration on Sephadex G-50 followed by ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose.
(6) The examination of axillar and cervical area of lymphatic system and the determination of eventual collateral circulation is recommended simultaneously with retrosternal lymphography.
(7) Venous lesions usually classified as "spontaneous axillar vein thrombosis" are probably initiated by intimal lesions of the axillary vein caused by compressionof this vessel in the costoclavicular space.
(8) Among grave signs the importance of axillar involvement is outlined: the 5 years survival is 65,5% with N1 M0 while 73,5% with N0 - M0.
(9) The Macrotyloma axillare plant, belonging to the Leguminosae family, is a perennial climbing or trailing herb 0.2--3.5 m long.
(10) Axillar lymph nodes were always invaded in T4 tumours.
(11) The subclavian trunk begins in the medial axillar lymph nodes and joins to the lymphatic plexus at the internal jugular trunk or at the thoracic duct or yet at the right lymphatic trunk according to the site, and finally it may link itself directly to the venous system.
(12) Reviewing the axillar lymph node status in 196 consecutive breast cancer patients and comparing clinical assessment to pathological findings, the author found an overall erroneous appraisal of 39% with 45% false negative and 29% false positive cases.
(13) In conclusion, axillar ganglionar metastasis has a direct relation with the size of the breast tumor and its location.
(14) Only in 33.3% of the patients under 40 years old, axillar metastasis was found.
(15) 31 female patients with a T1 No N1a Mo breast tumour (diameter smaller or equal to 2 cm) were treated by segmental resection with complete axillar dissection, followed by radiotherapy.
(16) At the 32nd week, all the surviving rats produced tumors; the majority were multiple tumors in the neck, axillar and inguinal areas corresponding to bilateral mammary glands.
(17) In the afebrile group the rise of skin temperature after 1 hour (p less than 0,05) and 2 hours (p less than 0.01) was not accompanied by significant change of the sublingual or axillar temperature.
(18) In the febrile group the rise of the skin temperature of the 3rd finger after 1 hour (p less than 0,001) and 2 hours (p less than 0.001) was accompanied by a significant decrease of the sublingual and axillar temperature and by a decrease of pulse rate.
(19) In 5,066 vaccinated new-borns 137 (2.7%) enlarged axillar glands were registered.
(20) In apocrine gland carcinoma appearing in axillar and chest areas, there is a difficulty in making differential diagnosis from carcinoma of latent accessory mammary gland.