title: Clinical Impact of Preoperative Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging With SPECT/CT in the Management of Interscapular Malignant Melanoma.
abstract: A 31-year-old male patient with a biopsy-proven cutaneous malignant melanoma located in the interscapular area was referred to lymphoscintigraphy for preoperative sentinel lymph node mapping. Anterior and posterior planar images showed 3 hot spots suggesting left axillary sentinel nodes. Herein, we reported the contribution of preoperative SPECT/CT-guided sentinel lymph node excision on accurate staging, management, prognostic evaluation, and determination of the proper surgical positioning preoperatively.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Agrı State Hospital, Agrı; †Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rize Training and Research Hospital, Rize; ‡Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bulent Ecevit University School of Medicine, Zonguldak; and §Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, and ∥Department of Nuclear Medicine, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozguven
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gungor
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aras
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sacak
authors.forename: Fuat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dede
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D061705:Image-Guided Biopsy; D061305:Lymphoscintigraphy; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed