Vol 22, No 1 (2019)
Clinical vignette
Published online: 2019-01-31
In-transit sentinel lymph nodes predicted by F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
Abstract
Although the in-transit lymph node is a well-known issue in malignant melanoma, it is not documented sufficiently in breast cancer. In this case report an in-transit lymph node demonstrated by both PET/CT and sentinel lymph node mapping and diagnosed by pathology is reported.
Keywords: in transitsentinelbreastpetscintigraphy.
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