SPECT/CT for preoperative sentinel node localization
- Vermeeren, Lenka
- van der Ploeg, Iris M. C.
- Valdés Olmos, Renato A.
- Meinhardt, Willem
- Klop, W. Martin C.
- Kroon, Bin B. R.
- Nieweg, Omgo E.
DOIAbstract
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
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