Chemotherapy port related lymphedema after axillary lymph node dissection.

Chemotherapy port related lymphedema after axillary lymph node dissection.

Breast. 2016 Jun 15;28:145-147

Authors: Turfe Z, Pettinga J, Leduc O, Leduc A, Komorowska-Timek E

Abstract
The Mascagni lymphatic pathway comprises superficial channels along the clavicle that drain upper extremity lymph. A 65 year-old woman with recurrent left breast cancer presented with a non-functioning chemotherapy port in the right deltopectoral groove. She had undergone right mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). After port removal and wound closure she developed right upper extremity lymphedema. Patients who have undergone ALND may depend solely on this pathway for upper extremity lymphatic drainage.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: level V.

PMID: 27318169 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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