SPECT/CT for preoperative sentinel node localization

The value of SPECT/CT for detection and localization of sentinel nodes is reviewed. SPECT/CT depicts extra sentinel nodes and identifies non‐nodal tracer accumulation. SPECT/CT is indicated in patients with complex lymphatic drainage as often present in patients with head, neck and scapular melanoma...

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Published inJournal of surgical oncology Vol. 101; no. 2; pp. 184 - 190
Main Authors Vermeeren, Lenka, van der Ploeg, Iris M.C., Olmos, Renato A. Valdés, Meinhardt, Willem, Klop, W. Martin C., Kroon, Bin B.R., Nieweg, Omgo E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.02.2010
Subjects
breast neoplasms
emission-computed
Humans
Lymph Nodes - diagnostic imaging
Lymphatic Metastasis - diagnosis
melanoma
Neoplasm Staging
sentinel lymph node biopsy
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy - methods
single-photon
tomography
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:The value of SPECT/CT for detection and localization of sentinel nodes is reviewed. SPECT/CT depicts extra sentinel nodes and identifies non‐nodal tracer accumulation. SPECT/CT is indicated in patients with complex lymphatic drainage as often present in patients with head, neck and scapular melanoma, breast cancer patients with extra‐axillary sentinel nodes and patients with tumors draining to pelvic nodes. SPECT/CT also clarifies the drainage pattern of inconclusive conventional images (non‐visualization or unclear location of the nodes). J. Surg. Oncol. 2010;101:184–190. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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Urologist.
Emeritus Professor of Surgery.
Resident in Surgery.
Nuclear Medicine Physician.
Head and Neck Surgeon.
Surgeon.
ISSN:0022-4790
1096-9098
DOI:10.1002/jso.21439