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Dermatol. Online J. · Jan 2012
Case ReportsAnother pitfall of sentinel lymph node biopsy: scar after lymph node biopsy 30 years ago revealed a sentinel lymph node.
- Masami Toya, Miki Tanioka, Hideaki Tanizaki, Akihiro Fujisawa, and Yoshiki Miyachi.
- Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
- Dermatol. Online J. 2012 Jan 1;18(1):13.
AbstractIn recent years, sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy has been used as a diagnostic and prognostic indicator for a number of tumors, including malignant melanoma. Sentinel lymph node biopsy using combined dye-radiotracer technique improved the detection rate and made the method easier. However, many pitfalls on the SLN procedure have been reported. Herein, we present a new pitfall. A formation of scar and lymph node tissue was detected as a SLN 30 years after lymph node biopsy.
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