If a patient reports a recent breast infection, then the nurse should expect to find ________ node enlargement

a. Nonspecific
b. Ipsilateral axillary
c. Contralateral axillary
d. Inguinal and cervical


ANS: B
The breast has extensive lymphatic drainage. Most of the lymph, more than 75%, drains into the ipsilateral, or same side, axillary nodes.

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