What Is the Color of Your Lymph Node?

Summary:. We describe a case of tattoo ink in an axillary lymph node, which was observed during an axillary dissection and mastectomy surgery. It is important to be aware of this phenomenon and correctly identify it at the time of surgery, as a misdiagnosis can have serious consequences.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yeela Ben Naftali, MD, Asia Brodsky, MD, Eran D. Bar-Meir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2018-12-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001990