Direct lymphatic drainage from the skin of the forearm to a supraclavicular node

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 387-389

  Uren, Roger F ^a,d   Howman Giles, Robert ^a   Thompson, John F ^b,c   Quinn, Michael J ^b  

^a Nucl Med and Diagnostic Ultrasound   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Missenden Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY TECHNETIUM SULFIDE TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AXILLA; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LYMPH; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0029935060     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199605000-00008     Document Type: Article

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