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Contamination problem with sentinel node localization procedure: a case study
John Warner1, Steven Hovey, Elpida S Crawford
1Roswell Park Cancer Institute and State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA. jwarner@roswellpark.org
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
|April 12, 2002
Abstract:
Lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel node (SN) localization was performed on a 60-y-old man with a melanoma on his back. Skin contamination occurred as a result of the radiopharmaceutical dose administration. Skin contamination could result in a misinterpretation of the SN location. Careful observation of the procedure avoided a misinterpretation with this study.