Sentinel node-guided evaluation of drainage patterns for melanoma of the helix of the ear

Melanoma Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 365-369

  Shpitzer, Thomas ^a,c   Gutman, Haim ^a,c   Barnea, Yoav ^b,c   Steinmetz, Adam ^a,c   Guttman, Dan ^a,c   Ad El, Dean ^a,c   Schneebaum, Shlomo ^b,c   Lerman, Hedva ^b,c   Lievshitz, Genady ^b,c   Gur, Eyal ^b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ear; Helix; Malignant melanoma; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

DYE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; MITOSIS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; EAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36049035881     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e3282f1d2d9     Document Type: Article

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