Use of lymphoscintigraphy with SPECT/CT for sentinel node localization in a case of vaginal melanoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 201-202

  Kim, Walter ^a   Menda, Yusuf ^a   Willis, Jason ^a   Bartel, Twyla B ^a   Graham, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node; SPECT CT; Tc 99m sulfur colloid; Vaginal melanoma

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; RECTUM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VAGINA TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748123933     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000204201.69676.31     Document Type: Article

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