Sentinel lymph node biopsy for atypical melanocytic lesions with spitzoid features

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1664-1670

  Gamblin, T Clark ^a,b   Edington, Howard ^a   Kirkwood, John M ^a   Rao, Uma N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical skin lesion; Pediatric melanoma; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Spitzoid lesion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL SPITZOID MELANOCYTIC SKIN LESION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXILLA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845660396     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9142-5     Document Type: Article

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