title: [Scintigraphy in breast tumors].
abstract: The authors illustrate the use of nuclear medicine in tumours of the breast. The techniques can be used at various stages: 1) in the study of remote metastases (usually blood-borne)--bone and parenchymal scintigraphy; and 2) in the study of tumour spread to the lymph glands (axillary and mammary). The techniques of lymphoscintigraphy of the mammary lymphatic plexus and of axillary lymphoscintigraphy are illustrated, and scintigram readout parameters are defined. The Authors also discuss the possibility of using this examination for adequate preoperative tumour staging, as well as the possibility of obtaining even more accurate lymphoscintigraphic images, endowed with even more selective specificity, by means of the use of monoclonal antibodies labelled with radioactive substances.
authors.affiliation: I Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, U.S.L. N. 16 Regione Calabria, Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Antonio
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Polimero
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003911:Dextrans; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
chemical_list: D003911:Dextrans; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C034146:technetium Tc 99m dextran; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
vernacular_title: La scintigrafia nei tumori della mammella.