The bumps appear more like lumps, and they can be painful, drain pus and heal slowly ... per the Mayo Clinic. If your armpit feels swollen or you notice a lump, it could be your lymph nodes at work.

Axillary surgery involves the removal lymph nodes in the armpit region, while a sentinel lymph node biopsy is the removal of ...

So that's where the sentinel nodes started developing, which is the first draining lymph node from the breast. I always call it the gatekeeper to the body, because usually the breast will drain to the ...

A surgical drain is a rubber drainage tube ... We may need to remove most or all of the lymph nodes in the armpit. Your doctor will talk with you about the next steps. When you have questions about ...

The lymph nodes that drain the breast are situated in the axilla (armpit) lower neck and internal mammary regions. The majority of the lymph from the breast drains to the axillary lymph nodes.

"The main goal of every lymphatic drainage massage is to help detoxify the body by moving lymph (the fluid that gets stuck between tissues) toward the lymph nodes. This process allows the lymph to ...

Some patients no longer need lymph nodes under the armpit removed ... which maps the lymph nodes that drain the arm, separating them from those that drain the breast, allowing the surgeon to ...