Cubital lymph nodes (not part of the lymph node drainage of the breast)
Superficial axillary (low axillary)
Deep axillary lymph nodes
Brachial axillary lymph nodes
Interpectoral axillary lymph nodes (Rotter nodes)
Paramammary or intramammary lymph nodes
Parasternal lymph nodes (internal mammary nodes)
Details
System
Lymphatic system
Drains from
Axilla
Identifiers
Latin
nodi lymphoidei axillares
TA98
A13.3.01.002
TA2
5236
FMA
12771
Anatomical terminology
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The axillary lymph nodes or armpit lymph nodes are lymph nodes in the human armpit. Between 20 and 49 in number, they drain lymph vessels from the lateral quadrants of the breast, the superficial lymph vessels from thin walls of the chest and the abdomen above the level of the navel, and the vessels from the upper limb. They are divided in several groups according to their location in the armpit. These lymph nodes are clinically significant in breast cancer, and metastases from the breast to the axillary lymph nodes are considered in the staging of the disease.[1]
^Longo, D; Fauci, A; Kasper, D; Hauser, S; Jameson, J; Loscalzo, J (2012). Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (18th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 757–759. ISBN 978-0071748896.
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