[Three-dimensional fusion imaging of lymphoscintigraphy and MDCT for sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer].
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of three-dimensional (3D) fusion imaging of lymphoscintigraphy with 99mTc phytate and MDCT (four-slice CT) for sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer. Volume-rendering images generated by MDCT were fused with lymphoscintigrams on a personal computer. The subjects were 7 patients with clinically negative nodes. In all patients, sentinel nodes were identified by lymphoscintigraphy, and the anatomical locations of sentinel nodes were clearly demonstrated by 3D-fusion imaging. 3D-fusion imaging of lymphoscintigraphy and MDCT is expected to be a promising method for sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer.
Department of Radiology, Daisan Hospital, Jikei University School of Medicine.
Mitsuhiro
M
Tozaki
Ken
K
Uchida
Akinori
A
Yamashita
Katsurou
K
Oota
Yoshiyuki
Y
Takeuchi
Teruo
T
Takimoto
Tetsuya
T
Iida
Shinya
S
Nagano
Yasushi
Y
Fukuda
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010833:Phytic Acid; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C026177:technetium phytate; D010833:Phytic Acid