Cutaneous melanoma; diagnostic procedures and their evaluation in diagnosing and mapping sentinel nodes. Part 2

• Published in: Hellenic journal of nuclear medicine Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 191 - 196
• Main Authors: Valsamaki, Pipitsa, Zanglis, Antonios, Chatzipetrou, Alexia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Greek
• Published: Greece 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Lymphatic Metastasis; Melanoma - diagnosis; Melanoma - pathology; Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy - methods; Skin Neoplasms - diagnosis; Skin Neoplasms - pathology

The second part of this review describes the advantages, and evaluates the radionuclide-guided methods for sentinel lymph node localization and also evaluates the intraoperative application of the blue dye technique in melanoma. By combining the two techniques, the detection rate rises to 96%-98%. T...