Prominent lymphatic channels simulating sentinel nodes: The use of standing and delayed views in delineating the true number and position of nodes and the implications for further morbidity reduction

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 794-796

  Kim, Susanne ^a   Youssef, Irini ^a   Kim, Chun K ^a   Machac, Josef ^a   Krynyckyi, Borys R ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Delayed views; Lymphoscintigraphy; Morbidity; Sentinel node; Standing views

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SIMULATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27444434269     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000187496.54900.a2     Document Type: Article

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