title: [Detection of sentinel lymph nodes by lymphatic gammagraphy and intraoperative gamma-ray probe in patients with malignant melanoma. Initial results].
abstract: In the last years there has been an arising concern in the sentinel lymph node identification, the first lymph node to receive direct draining from the primary tumour, specially in malignant melanoma (MM). We studied 20 patients with MM: 10 with palpable regional lymph nodes and 10 without palpable LN by performing a lymphoscintigraphy using 99mTc-nanocolloid and a gamma-ray detecting probe during the surgery to locate the sentinel lymph node. In patients with palpable LN, 13 sentinel lymph nodes were identified. Ten of them were MM involved. Furthermore, 82 LN were harvested from involved lymph basins and 30 of them were positive for MM. In patients without palpable LN, 14 sentinel lymph nodes were identified (3 positives and 11 negatives for MM) and other 76 LN were resected (all of them negative). There were not <<skip metastases>> in any patient. These preliminary results support the utility of the technique for the diagnosis and lymphadenectomy selection in patients without palpable LN but which could be involved by micrometastases.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Medicina Nuclear. Hospital Clínic. Barcelona.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vidal-Sicart
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piulachs
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pons
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Castel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palou
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herranz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Setoain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
vernacular_title: Detección del ganglio centinela mediante linfogammagrafía y sonda de rayos gamma intraoperatoria en pacientes con melanoma maligno. Primeros resultados.