Lymphoscintigraphic SPECT/CT localization of a sentinel node in an unusual position rotter's node

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-183

  Andrés, Alejandro ^a   Tardin, Leticia ^a   Razola, Paula ^a   Santapau, Albert ^a   Prats, Enrique ^a   Sousa, Ramon ^a   Garcia, Fausto ^a   Banzo, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Rotter's node; Sentinel node; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

NANOCOLL TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; TECHNETIUM TC 99M NANOCOLLOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; BREAST TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOSURGERY; SCINTISCANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66849121644     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181966f70     Document Type: Article

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