Metastatic occlusion of a lymphatic collecting vessel in a patient with cutaneous melanoma and clinically normal lymph nodes

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 312-313

  Uren, Roger F ^a,b   Howman Giles, Robert ^a,b   Chung, David K V ^a,b   Thompson, John F ^b  

^a Suite 304   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Melanoma blocked lymphatic vessel

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY TECHNETIUM SULFIDE TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34147121572     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000257178.54240.90     Document Type: Article

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