Mammographic findings in metastatic breast cancer to contralateral axilla: A retrospective study in mastectomized patients

The purpose of this study is to determine the mammographic findings of patients with contralateral axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer. We analyzed the results of mammography in eight previously mastectomized patients. All women had contralateral axillary lymph node enlargement with no evidence of second primary lesion in the opposite breast on both physical examination and mammogram. All patients showed skin thickening in the opposite breast on mammography. Increased parenchymal edema appeared in three patients, while axillary lymph node enlargement was observed in two