Anatomical Mapping of Lymphatic Drainage in Penile Carcinoma with SPECT-CT: Implications for the Extent of Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection

European Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 885-892

  Leijte, Joost A P ^a   Olmos, Renato A Valdés ^a   Nieweg, Omgo E ^a   Horenblas, Simon ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lymphatic drainage pattern; Penile neoplasms; Penis; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

NANOCOLL TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; PELVIS; PENIS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50849107739     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.04.094     Document Type: Article

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