(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.
Axillary
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.
(a.) Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to an axil.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ten out of 12 (83%) tumours which had c-erbB-2 and c-erbA co-amplification had metastasised to axillary lymph nodes (P less than 0.006).
(2) An axillo-axillary bypass procedure was performed in a high-risk patient with innominate arterial stenosis who had repeated episodes of transient cerebral ischemia due to decreased blood flow through the right carotid artery and reversal of blood flow through the right vertebral artery.
(3) In order to develop a sampling strategy and a method for analyzing the circadian body temperature pattern, we monitored estimates of the temperature in four ways using rectal, oral, axillary and deep body temperature from the skin surface every hour for 72 consecutive hours in 10 normal control subjects.
(4) In one case an infection of the axillary region developed, which disappeared after removal of the catheter without any consequences.
(5) Minimal breast cancer should include lobular carcinoma in situ (lobular neoplasia) and ductal carcinoma in situ regardless of nodal status, and (tentatively) invasive carcinoma smaller than 1 cm in total diameter, if axillary lymph nodes are not involved.
(6) A prospective randomized study was carried out to discover the influence of the timing of shoulder physiotherapy after-axillary dissection for breast cancer upon the incidence and duration of lymphatic fluid production and seroma after these operations.
(7) Factors of negligible importance prognostically were: complete sterilization at mammary and axillary level after radiotherapy, persistence of florid cancer tissue at mammary level and histiocytosis of the axillary lymph nodes.
(8) More severe side effects were seen during rh GM-CSF infusion: One patient experienced an axillary phlebothrombosis.
(9) A 5-year-old Thoroughbred gelding was examined because of a small axillary wound sustained 5 days earlier and had resulted in extensive subcutaneous emphysema.
(10) More patients are being encountered with early Stage I lesions that are confined to the breast or with minimal axillary involvement.
(11) This report describes three patients who developed emboli to the upper extremity at nine, 15, and 34 months following occlusion of their axillary femoral graft.
(12) The author's diagnostic acumen has increased with the addition of glenohumeral axillary arthrotomography, glenohumeral CT arthrography, glenohumeral arthroscopy, and other studies.
(13) This approach was used in 42 shoulders with rotator cuff tears or posterior instability without complications of infection, failure of deltoid healing, or compromise of suprascapular or axillary nerves.
(14) Metastases to axillary lymph nodes is an important factor in predicting prognosis and survival in primary operable carcinoma of the breast.
(15) Sixty-three out of 238 patients (26 per cent) presented with the following complications: 29 lesions of the brachial plexus, 21 of the axillary nerve and 28 ruptures of the rotator cuff tendon.
(16) Eleven breasts and one axillary lymph node were examined by US-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB), which was diagnostic in all cases.
(17) In a pediatric critical care environment with skilled ongoing nursing care, the axillary artery can be used as a site for intraarterial monitoring in pediatric patients without a detrimental effect on concurrent or future blood pressure monitoring.
(18) Thirty-six per cent had axillary occlusion, 52% had a brachial lesion, and the lesion was distal to the elbow in 11%.
(19) Ductal carcinoma in situ as an incidental finding may be treated by excision alone; papillary and micropapillary DCIS are best treated by therapy aimed at the entire breast, although axillary dissection may not be required.
(20) The axillary LFC is used to correct axillary contractures after burns or to cover skin defects following radical excision for hidradenitis suppurativa.