title: Radioisotopic location of the sentinel node in vaginal mucous melanoma before laparoscopic sampling.
abstract: A 66-year-old woman was diagnosed with vaginal melanoma. Sentinel node mapping was performed using Tc sulfur colloid. Planar scintigraphic acquisitions detected 2 sentinel nodes in the right external iliac region, which were laparoscopically removed with an anterior vaginectomy. Sentinel node mapping is feasible in cases of vaginal melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetric Gynecology, CHU Anne de Bretagne, Rennes Cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Descheemaeker
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garin
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morcel
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lesimple
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burtin
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levêque
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*