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Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 10/2013

01-10-2013 | Book Review

Giuliano Mariani, Gianpiero Manca, Federica Orsini, Sergi Vidal-Sicart, Renato A. Valdés Olmos (eds): Atlas of Lymphoscintigraphy and Sentinel Node Mapping

Springer-Verlag Italia, 2013 (ISBN: 978-88-470-2765-7)

Authors: Antonia Ferraro, Luigi Mansi

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 10/2013

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Excerpt

Lymphoscintigraphy is a nuclear medicine imaging technique that provides information about the functional status of the lymphatic system. Originally used for the staging of lymphomas or to identify the causes of peripheral oedema and/or of lymphatic intracavitary effusions, it is currently widely performed in oncological surgery for radioguided biopsy of the sentinel node, as the first drainage station of a lymphatic metastasis. …
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Title
Giuliano Mariani, Gianpiero Manca, Federica Orsini, Sergi Vidal-Sicart, Renato A. Valdés Olmos (eds): Atlas of Lymphoscintigraphy and Sentinel Node Mapping
Springer-Verlag Italia, 2013 (ISBN: 978-88-470-2765-7)
Authors
Antonia Ferraro
Luigi Mansi
Publication date
01-10-2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 10/2013
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-013-2490-z

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