Axillary lymph node pigmentation in tattooed patients

Key Clinical Message Tattooed pigments often migrate to the regional lymph nodes, leading to staining and swelling of these nodes. This migration can create confusion for surgeons when evaluating regional lymph nodes for staging of malignant disease like breast cancer. Abstract A 50‐year‐old woman w...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Clinical Case Reports
Main Author:	Toshiyuki Yamaguchi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2023-12-01
Subjects:	lymph node pigmentation tattoo
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8293

Similar Items

Preoperative endoscopic tattoo marking improves lymph node retrieval in laparoscopic rectal resection: a retrospective cohort study
by: Kouki Imaoka, et al.
Published: (2023-04-01)

Synchronous bilateral axillary sentinel lymph node metastases in a patient with truncal melanoma
by: Shena Kravitz, MD, et al.
Published: (2022-08-01)

Melanin-Based Nanoparticles for Lymph Node Tattooing: Experimental, Histopathological and Ultrastructural Study
by: Marta Baselga, et al.
Published: (2024-07-01)

Adaption of in vitro and in chemico phototoxicity tests for tattoo pigments and the effect of adsorption of the phototoxic contaminant benzo[a]pyrene to carbon black
by: Susanne Kochs, et al.
Published: (2024-10-01)

Betamethasone administration as a treatment of choice in local post-tattoo complications
by: O. N. Karymov, et al.
Published: (2020-05-01)

Independent risk factors for axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients with one or two positive sentinel lymph nodes
by: Wei Zhang, et al.
Published: (2020-07-01)

Retrospective study on regional lymph node radiotherapy after axillary dissection exemption in breast cancer patients with sentinel lymph node positive status
by: LU Yongjin, SHI Zhiqiang, LI Tong, WANG Yongsheng, QIU Pengfei
Published: (2025-02-01)

The role of ultrasound and lymphoscintigraphy in the assessment of axillary lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer
by: Michał Nieciecki, et al.
Published: (2016-03-01)

Safety of Tattoos and Permanent Make up (PMU) Colorants
by: Eleni Andreou, et al.
Published: (2021-06-01)

Efficacy and safety comparison between axillary lymph node dissection with no axillary surgery in patients with sentinel node-positive breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
by: Yu-Jia Fan, et al.
Published: (2023-07-01)

Modern Endoscopic Approaches to Video-Assisted Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Axillary Lymph Node Dissection: A Review
by: R. M. Akhmedov, et al.
Published: (2024-11-01)

Exploring the clinical value of regional nodal irradiation in sentinel lymph node positive breast cancer patients omitting axillary dissection
by: Yongjin Lu, et al.
Published: (2025-05-01)

Preoperative Axillary Ultrasound versus Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients with Early Breast Cancer
by: Dalia Rukanskienė, et al.
Published: (2020-03-01)

The application of “hand as Foot” in the teaching of the axillary lymph node
by: Lili Xiao, et al.
Published: (2021-03-01)

Micrometastases in axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer, post-neoadjuvant systemic therapy
by: Janghee Lee, et al.
Published: (2024-07-01)

Predictive Factors Affecting Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer
by: Suat Benek, et al.
Published: (2019-12-01)

Embodying Violence Oceanic Tattoo Cultures
by: Dorell Ben
Published: (2022-11-01)

Axillary lymph node dissection is not required for breast cancer patients with minimal axillary residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
by: Mahmut Muslumanoglu, et al.
Published: (2024-10-01)

Prediction of the number of positive axillary lymph nodes according to sentinel lymph node involvement and biological subtypes in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy
by: Latif Yilmaz, et al.
Published: (2024-07-01)

Application of endoscopic tattooing in intraoperative localization of colon tumours and sentinel lymph nodes
by: Norbert Nowak, et al.
Published: (2020-11-01)

Red tattoo allergies after REACH regulation: a continuing problem
by: Sebastiaan van der Bent
Published: (2025-09-01)

Outcomes of targeted axillary radiation therapy with omission of axillary dissection in early breast cancer patients with one or two positive sentinel lymph nodes and extracapsular extension
by: Ahmed Orabi, et al.
Published: (2025-06-01)

Intraoperative predictive model for the detection of metastasis in non-sentinel axillary lymph nodes
by: José Antonio García-Mejido, et al.
Published: (2022-04-01)

Laser removal of tattoo - a case report
by: Katarzyna Korabiusz, et al.
Published: (2019-06-01)

The analysis of axillary lymph nodes metastasis after neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer
by: BI Zhao, CHEN Peng, QIU Pengfei, CHEN Yuguang, WANG Yongsheng
Published: (2023-04-01)

New classifications of axillary lymph nodes and their anatomical-clinical correlations in breast surgery
by: Roberto Cirocchi, et al.
Published: (2021-03-01)

Q-switched laser tattoo removal
by: Viljem H. topčič, et al.
Published: (2013-10-01)

The “Hands” teaching method in axillary lymph nodes anatomy
by: Lu Ren, et al.
Published: (2023-12-01)

Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma of the Breast with Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis
by: Ma. Katherine Noelle Don, et al.
Published: (2024-06-01)

The “Hand as Foot” teaching method in the anatomy of axillary lymph nodes
by: Weiwei Zou, et al.
Published: (2023-07-01)

Localization of metastasis within the sentinel lymph node biopsies: a predictor of additional axillary spread of breast cancer?
by: César Augusto Alvarenga, et al.
Published: (2013-11-01)

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy impacts axillary lymph node positivity in early breast cancer (cT1-2N0M0) with negative axillary lymph nodes at diagnosis
by: Jinxiu Ma, et al.
Published: (2025-10-01)

Future Directions in the Assessment of Axillary Lymph Nodes in Patients with Breast Cancer
by: Filippo Pesapane, et al.
Published: (2023-08-01)

Case report: Iatrogenic tattoos caused by skin marking pen in a postoperative patient
by: Hanxing Zhao, et al.
Published: (2024-04-01)

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer: Predictors of Axillary and Non-Sentinel Lymph Node Involvement
by: Hakan Postacı, et al.
Published: (2013-12-01)

Evaluating the survival outcomes in clinical node stage 2 and 3 breast cancer patients with negative sentinel lymph node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: sentinel lymph node biopsy alone vs. axillary lymph node dissection
by: Eunju Shin, et al.
Published: (2025-05-01)

Assessment of the Effect of Treatment with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Breast Cancer Axillary Lymph Node
by: Savelina Popovska, et al.
Published: (2013-12-01)

Detecting Abnormal Axillary Lymph Nodes on Mammograms Using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network
by: Frederik Abel, et al.
Published: (2022-05-01)

Research progress of axillary de-escalation management after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for clinical lymph node positive patients
by: FAN Qingda, CONG Binbin, CHEN Yuguang, DUAN Baowei, WANG Yongsheng
Published: (2023-02-01)

Complications of tattoos and tattoos removal: state-of-the-art in Italy
by: Mirko Campisi
Published: (2016-07-01)