Failure in the detection of the sentinel lymph node with a combined technique of radioactive tracer and blue dye in a patient with cancer of the vulva and a single positive lymph node

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 981-984

  Fons, G ^a   Ter Rahe, B ^a   Sloof, G ^a   De Hullu, J ^b   Van Der Velden, J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Radioactive tracer; Sentinel lymph node; Vulva

Indexed keywords

DYE; TRACER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLITORIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL CANAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VULVA CARCINOMA;

EID: 1342279499     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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