Use of intraoperative lymphoscintigraphy in doubtful cases of sentinel node detection

Lymphoscintigraphy is a widely accepted method used to detect selectively the sentinel node in malignant melanoma. This is the case report of a patient who was operated on for an inguinal melanoma and who was referred to the Nuclear Medicine Section for preoperative lymphoscintigraphy. There were te...

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Published inRevista española de medicina nuclear Vol. 24; no. 2; p. 131
Main Authors Díaz Expósito, R, Pérez de Lucía Peñalver, G, Tajahuerce Romera, M, Boldó Roda, E, Armelles Flors, A, Lara Pomares, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.03.2005
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Aged
Humans
Inguinal Canal
Intraoperative Care
Male
Melanoma - diagnostic imaging
Melanoma - pathology
Radionuclide Imaging
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Skin Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Skin Neoplasms - pathology
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Summary:Lymphoscintigraphy is a widely accepted method used to detect selectively the sentinel node in malignant melanoma. This is the case report of a patient who was operated on for an inguinal melanoma and who was referred to the Nuclear Medicine Section for preoperative lymphoscintigraphy. There were technical problems for sentinel node detection due to the proximity of injection points. We aimed to know the possibility to perform an intraoperative lymphoscintigraphy as a valid and useful technique in cases as this one.
ISSN:0212-6982
1578-200X