False-negative sentinel node in patients with vulvar cancer: A case study

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-363

  Raspagliesi, Francesco ^a   Ditto, A ^a   Fontanelli, R ^a   Maccauro, M ^a   Carcangiu, M L ^a   Parazzini, F ^b   Bombardieri, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale Tumori ^*

Author keywords

Lymphadenectomy; Lymphatic mapping; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

DYE; NANOCOLL TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY; INGUINAL REGION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; VULVA TUMOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0346184749     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2003.13186.x     Document Type: Article

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