title: Radioactive seed localisation to guide removal of impalpable lymph nodes (radioguided occult lesion localisation using iodine-125 seeds, "ROLLIS").
abstract: Two patients with cancer requiring removal of specific impalpable lymph nodes for full pathological analysis underwent ultrasound-guided lesion localisation and marking with a low-activity I-125 seed. A gamma probe was used in theatre to localise the signal from the seed and guide excision. Successful removal of the lesions was confirmed with the probe and by specimen radiography. Radioguided Occult Lesion Localisation using I-125 Seeds ("ROLLIS") provides a method of precisely marking impalpable lesions for surgical excision.
authors.affiliation: Breast Clinic, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Anita Geraldine
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bourke
authors.forename: Farah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abdul Aziz
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000556:secondary*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes