Utility of SPECT/CT in preoperative planning for sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma and head/neck carcinoma: Three illustrative cases

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 464-465

  Roarke, Michael C ^a   Ram, Panol ^a   Nguyen, Ba D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Sentinel lymphoscintigraphy; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

DYE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; FACIAL NERVE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; PAROTID GLAND; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SALIVARY GLAND; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; BACK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249076910     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318053765f     Document Type: Article

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