Reverse echelon node and a lymphatic ectasia in the same patient during breast lymphoscintigraphy: The importance of injection and imaging technique

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 924, 2004, Pages 1053-1056

  Kim, S H ^a   Shim, J ^a   Kim, C K ^a   Machac, J ^a   Krynyckyi, Borys R ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOBOOST; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 11244292052     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/65044256     Document Type: Article

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