Sentinel node mapping in vulvovaginal melanoma using SPECT/CT lymphoscintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 859-861

  Kobayashi, Katsuhiro ^a   Ramirez, Pedro T ^a   Kim, Edmund E ^a   Levenback, Charles F ^a   Rohren, Eric M ^a   Frumovitz, Michael ^a   Mar, Martha V ^a   Gayed, Isis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node; SPECT CT; Vulvar vaginal melanoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL REGION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PELVIS EXENTERATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; VULVOVAGINAL MELANOMA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 74249094429     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181becdaf     Document Type: Article

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