Recurrent Metastatic Breast Cancer in Internal Mammary Lymph Nodes along the Translocated Left Internal Mammary Artery Bypass Graft.
Sherif B ElsherifSwati SharmaKevin GreenAustin FischerSavas OzdemirGregory WynnPublished in: Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging (2021)
Internal mammary lymph node (IMLN) is the second most common site for nodal metastases in breast cancer. The authors present a case of a 58-year-old woman with a history of coronary artery bypass graft surgery 1 year prior who presented with a neck mass. Imaging showed an enlarged IMLN along the course of the translocated left internal mammary artery (LIMA) bypass graft on the surface of the heart, and the patient was later proven to have recurrent breast cancer. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case report in the literature of a breast cancer recurrence in an IMLN along the postoperative translocated LIMA bypass graft. Keywords: Adults, CT, PET/CT, Breast, Thorax, Lymphatic, Metastases © RSNA, 2021.
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