Removal of the axillary lymph nodes can cause significant, long-term swelling (lymphedema) in some women.

Disease in the axillary lymph nodes does not mean you are going to die.

I think the pain you are having is from inflammation of the axillary lymph nodes.

The axillary lymph nodes should be staged to aid in determining prognosis and therapy.

Added text about staging of the axillary lymph nodes.

His purpose had been to inject tuberculosis bacteria and to excise the axillary lymph nodes.

There are some important nerves in the area of the axillary lymph nodes that are at risk during surgery.

Glands in the armpit (axillary lymph nodes) may swell from an injury or infection to the arm or hand.

Cancer found only in the axillary (armpit) lymph nodes may have spread from a tumor in the breast.

The axillary lymph nodes are of large size, vary from twenty to thirty in number, and may be arranged in the following groups: