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SPECT/CT for preoperative sentinel node localization

Journal of Surgical Oncology
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21439
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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). © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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Vermeeren, L., Van Der Ploeg, I. M. C., Valdés Olmos, R. A., Meinhardt, W., Klop, W. M. C., Kroon, B. B. R., & Nieweg, O. E. (2010, February 1). SPECT/CT for preoperative sentinel node localization. Journal of Surgical Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.21439

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