Triple nodal basin drainage from a clavicular site of melanoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 730-731

  Nguyen, Ba D ^a   Roarke, Michael C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Melanoma; Multiple lymphatic drainage; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

AXILLA; BONE NEOPLASMS; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 27644513732     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000182263.36960.aa     Document Type: Article

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