Lymphatic drainage routes of the gastric cardia visualized by lymphoscintigraphy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-252

  Cense, Huib A ^a,b   Sloof, Gerrit W ^a   Klaase, Joost M ^a   Bergman, Jacques J ^a   Van Hemert, Formijn J ^a   Fockens, Paul ^a   Van Lanschot, Jan J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Gastric cardia carcinoma; Lymph flow; Lymphoscintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIA; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH TUMOR;

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TECHNETIUM TC 99M NANOCOLLOID;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARDIA; COLORING AGENTS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 1542609200     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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