Lymphoscintigraphic drainage of acral limb skin to interval sentinel lymph nodes in healthy subjects

Aydin, MA; Okudan, B; Nasir, S; Ozbek, M; Karagoz, A; Altuntas, S

doi:10.1002/jso.20385

Lymphoscintigraphic drainage of acral limb skin to interval sentinel lymph nodes in healthy subjects

Aydin M., Okudan B., Nasir S., Ozbek M., Karagoz A., Altuntas S.

JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, cilt.93, sa.4, ss.286-293, 2006 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 93 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2006
Doi Numarası: 10.1002/jso.20385
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.286-293
Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background and Objectives: In the literature, drainage to epitrochlear and popliteal sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) are analyzed for whole or distal extremity (below elbow or knee) melanomas that are not topographically homogeneous with respect to tendency of drainage to interval SLNs. We hypothesize that acral (hand and foot) skin has a uniform frequency of drainage to interval SLNs, which is higher than reported for distal extremity melanomas.