Nondetection of sentinel lymph node with lymphoscintigraphy as a result of massive malignant invasion shown by positron emission tomography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1013-1015

  Blocklet, Didier ^a   Donckier, Vincent ^a   Vereecken, Pierre ^a   Van Geertruyden, Jean ^a   Laporte, Marianne ^a   Goldman, Serge ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Melanoma; Nodal Invasion; Positron Emission Tomography; Sentinel Node

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035180999     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200112000-00004     Document Type: Article

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