Localization of the breast sentinel node after axillary node dissection with diversion of lymphatic drainage to internal mammary lymph nodes and the importance of delayed imaging

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 647-648

  Ansari, Selim M ^a,b,c   Heiba, Sherif I ^c   Mills, Christopher ^d   Abdel Dayem, Hussein M ^c  

^a Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d St Vincents Hospital and Medical Center of New York ^*

Author keywords

Axillary Node Dissection; Breast Cancer; Internal Mammary Nodes; Sentinel Node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034974046     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200107000-00023     Document Type: Article

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