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SPECT/CT for preoperative sentinel node localization
Author(s) -
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.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.21439
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel node , radiology , melanoma , breast cancer , lymphatic system , axilla , nuclear medicine , cancer , pathology , cancer research
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.