Anal melanoma in the era of sentinel lymph node mapping: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-62

  Olsha, O ^a   Mintz, A ^a   Gimon, Z ^b   Gold Deutch, R ^c   Rabin, I ^c   Halevy, A ^c   Reissman, P ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anus neoplasms; Lymphatic metastasis; Melanoma; Pathophysiology; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

DYE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TRACER;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANOPLASTY; ANUS TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INJECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PERINEUM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM SURGERY; SACRUM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANUS NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 18544366550     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-005-0196-3     Document Type: Article

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