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Feasibility of Preoperative Lymphoscintigraphy for Identification of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Patients With Conjunctival and Periocular Skin Malignancies

Malena M. Amato, Bita Esmaeli, Moloud Ahmadi, Mehdi H. Tehrani, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, Merrick I. Ross, John B. Holds, Ebrahim S. Delpassand

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · 2003 · 64 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy successfully identifies SLNs in most patients with conjunctival and periocular skin malignancies. Smaller injection volumes (0.2 mL) appear to be adequate for identification of the sentinel nodes and lead to less spread to surrounding tissues.

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Engineering, Medical Imaging, Radiolabeled Colloid +12

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