Radiopharmaceutical-guided surgery in primary malignant melanoma of the vagina

Gynecol Oncol. 1999 Nov;75(2):308-9. doi: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5577.

Abstract

The sentinel lymph node located in the right iliac basin was successfully pre- and intraoperatively identified by radiopharmaceutical-directed mapping in a case of primary malignant melanoma of the vagina.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Melanoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Melanoma / secondary
  • Melanoma / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Preoperative Care*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / surgery*