The value of preoperative ultrasound (after lymphoscintigraphy) in conjunction with pre-sentinel lymph node biopsy fine-needle aspiration outweighs the usage of ultrasound alone in conjunction with lymphoscintigraphy: The need for an algorithm

Melanoma Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 357-359

  Voit, Christiane A ^a   Van Akkooi, Alexander J C ^b   Schäfer Hesterberg, Gregor ^a   Sterry, Wolfram ^a   Eggermont, Alexander M M ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 77954636327     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e32833adf13     Document Type: Letter

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