Lymphatic dainage patterns of head and neck cutaneous melamoma observed on lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node biopsy

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-255

  Lin, Doris ^a   Franc, Benjamin L ^a   Kashani Sabet, Mohammed ^a   Singer, Mark I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cutaneous malignancy; Dissection; Head and neck; Lymph node; Lymphatic drainage; Lymphoscintigraphy; Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NECK DISSECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 33144483782     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20328     Document Type: Article

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