Figure 1

Two patterns of lympathic drainage pathways from the breast to the axillary basin were found. (1) One pattern was a subcutaneous lymphatic vessel from the subareolar area running through the anterior surface of the breast into the lymph node in the midaxilla near the intercostals brachial nerve. Patterns of subcutaneous lymphatic drainage pathway from the areola into the axilla: From one to two streams was drained.