Scintigraphic detection of invasive cutaneous malignant melanoma with Tc-99m MIBI

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 557-559

  Alonso, Omar ^a,c   Martinez, Miguel ^a   Lago, Graciela ^a   Bazzano, Carlos ^a   Saadoun, Ali ^a   Mut, Fernando ^a   Delgado, Lucia ^a   Espasandin, Jose ^b   Touya, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

^b National Institute of Oncology   (Uruguay)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 0029937308     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199607000-00010     Document Type: Article

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