The role of preoperative ultrasound evaluation of inguinal lymph nodes in patients with vulvar malignancy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-117

  De Gregorio, Nikolaus ^a   Ebner, Florian ^a   Schwentner, Lukas ^a   Friedl, Thomas W P ^a   Deniz, Miriam ^a   Látó, Krisztián ^a   Kreienberg, Rolf ^a   Janni, Wolfgang ^a   Varga, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inguinal lymph nodes; Inguinal ultrasound; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ULTRASOUND; VULVA TUMOR;

EID: 84885290918     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.07.103     Document Type: Article

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