Post-axillary dissection pain in breast cancer due to a lesion of the intercostobrachial nerve
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 38 (2), 171-176
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(89)90235-2
Abstract
Seven patients with breast carcinoma and post-axillary dissection pain are described. They complained about pain in the axilla, inner side of the upper arm and/or shoulder. All had undergone a partial or radical breast amputation including an axillary lymph node dissection. On neurological examination all had evidence of a lesion of the intercostobrachial nerve. The pain was not associated with lymphedema and only one patient had undergone radiotherapy to the axillary and supraclavicular area. Post-axillary dissection pain is probably a more appropiate name than the usual post-mastectomy pain for this syndrome. During the dissection, the intercostobrachial nerve is often lesioned, which may give rise to neuropathic pain of that nerve.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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