Lymphadenectomy is the medical term meaning surgical removal of a lymph node.
Popliteal
A lymph node.
Approximately 10% to 20% of patients develop lymphedema after axillary lymph node removal. however if you get radiation your rate goes up to 50% and good chance of developing lymphedema
On it's way lymph passes through masses of tissue called lymph nodes
removal of a lymph gland
A reactive lymph node is the same as an enlarged lymph node. Lymph nodes can become enlarged for a variety of reasons, most of which aren't serious. The ICD code for a reactive lymph node is 785.6.
It's called the subcapsular sinus
A paraaortic prominent lymph node is a lymph node more noticable than the others and found near the aorta.
The difference between incision and excision of lymph nodes is very simple. The incision of a lymph node is when the biopsy only takes part of the lymph node during surgery. The excision of the lymph node is when the whole lymph node is removed.
A sentinel lymph node is the first lymph node that drains a cancer. If a cancer has not spread to the first draining lymph node near a cancer, there is a high likelihood it has not spread elsewhere.
possibly an swollen lymph node possibly an swollen lymph node