Direct lymphatic drainage from a melanoma on the back to paravertebral lymph nodes in the thorax

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 388-389

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

^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

Lymphoscintigraphy; Melanoma; Sentinel Lymph Nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; THORAX;

ANTIMONY; HUMANS; LYMPH; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0032964531     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199906000-00002     Document Type: Article

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