Exclusive lymphatic drainage from a melanoma on the back to intraabdominal lymph nodes

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 71-73

  Uren, Roger F ^a,d   Howman Giles, Robert ^a   Thompson, John F ^b,c   Mccarthy, William H ^b,c  

^a Nucl Med and Diagnostic Ultrasound   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Missenden Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Melanoma; Sentinel Lymph Nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031939348     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199802000-00001     Document Type: Article

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