"location: posteromedial to axillary vein"
"receives: lymph from most of the upper limb"
"drains into: central, apical and deep cervical nodes"
"location: inferior border of pectoralis minor, near lateral thoracic vessels"
"receives: lymph from skin and muscles of the supraumbilical anterolateral body wall, breast"
"drains into: central and apical nodes"
"location: along subscapular vessels on inferior margin of the posterior axillary wall"
"receives: lymph from skin and muscles of the posterior and inferior body wall"
"drains into: central and apical nodes"
"location: fat of the axilla"
"receives: the above mentioned lateral, anterior and posterior lymph node groups"
"drains into: apical nodes"
"location: posterior and superior to pectoralis minor, towards the axillary vein"
"receives: lymph from cephalic vein nodes, upper peripheral breast, the above mentioned central nodes"
"drains into: subclavian trunk (may drain into jugulosubclavian venous trunk, subclavian vein, jugular lymphatic trunk, right lymphatic duct (left into thoracic duct), inferior deep cervical nodes)"
"Lymphatic pathways "
"parenchymal cortical thickness > 2.5 mm"
"Rotter lymph nodes"
Expected headings
"Lateral (humeral) lymph nodes"
"Anterior (pectoral) lymph nodes"
"Posterior (subscapular) lymph nodes"
"Central lymph nodes"
"Apical (terminal) lymph nodes"
"Lymphatic pathways "
"Surgical levels"
"Radiographic appearance"
"There are five axillary lymph node groups, namely the lateral (humeral), anterior (pectoral), posterior (subscapular), central and apical nodes. The apical nodes are the final common pathway for all of the axillary lymph nodes."
"There is free communication between nodes below and above the clavicle and between the axillary and cervical nodes."
"There are three surgical levels of axillary lymph nodes which use the pectoralis minor muscle as the key landmark; this classification was developed by an American pathologist, John W Berg 7:"
"drains into: central, apical and deep cervical nodes"
"receives: the above mentioned lateral, anterior and posterior lymph node groups"
"There are three surgical levels of axillary lymph nodes which use the pectoralis minor muscle as the key landmark; this classification was developed by an American pathologist, John W Berg 7:"