Identification of bilateral breast sentinel lymph nodes draining primary melanoma of the back by preoperative lymphoscintigraphy and intraoperative mapping

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 501-503

  Bianchi, Christian ^a,b   Habib, Fahim A ^a   Morita, Eugene ^a   Leong, Stanley P L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Primary melanoma; Sentinel lymph nodes in breasts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AXILLA; BACK; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MELANOMA; ROSANILINE DYES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0033033088     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199907000-00005     Document Type: Article

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