CT-guided lymphoscintigraphy in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A feasibility study

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 940-944

  Muhle, Claus ^a   Brenner, Winfried ^a   Südmeyer, Martin ^a   Höft, Steffen ^a   Galalae, Razvan ^a   Czech, Norbert ^a   Biederer, Jürgen ^a   Ahn, Joong Mo ^b   Maune, Steffen ^a   Henze, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Head and neck tumours; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node; Technetium 99m colloid

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL; NANOCOLL TC 99M; SOLCO NANOCOLL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLOID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; PAIN; PERITUMORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR;

EID: 3142670416     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-004-1468-2     Document Type: Article

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