Drainage across midline to sentinel nodes in the contralateral axilla in breast cancer

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 346-347

  Lim, Ilhan ^a   Shim, Jungho ^a   Goyenechea, Martin ^a   Kim, Chun K ^a   Krynyckyi, Borys R ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Contralateral; Ipsilateral; Lymphoscintigraphy; Metastasis; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BINDING SITE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; RECURRENT CANCER; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 2442696523     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000127087.12686.81     Document Type: Article

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