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Sentinel lymph node biopsy in juvenile secretory carcinoma
Sheldon J Bond1, John J Buchino, Hirikati S Nagaraj
1Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|December 25, 2003
Abstract:
A 9-year-old girl presented with a 3-year history of a right breast mass. Excisional biopsy showed a secretory carcinoma. A treatment plan of simple mastectomy and axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy was chosen. She remains free of disease at 3-year follow-up. Sentinel lymph node biopsy offers an approach to stage the axillary lymphatic basin with a lower complication rate than formal dissection. The authors advocate its use in the treatment of pediatric breast cancer.