Radioisotopic location of the sentinel node in vaginal mucous melanoma before laparoscopic sampling.
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.
Descheemaeker
Véronique
V
Department of Obstetric Gynecology, CHU Anne de Bretagne, Rennes Cedex 2, France.
Garin
Etienne
E
Morcel
Karine
K
Lesimple
Thierry
T
Burtin
Florence
F
Levêque
Jean
J
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*