Radioactive seed localization for excision of non-palpable in-transit metastatic melanoma

We report the case of a 73-year-old who presented with multiple, small, in-transit melanoma nodules located in her right lower extremity below her knee. Positron emission tomography detected two additional non-palpable subcutaneous lesions posterior and medial to the area of previous wide local exci...

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Autores principales: Fleming, Mark D., Pockaj, Barbara A., Hansen, Adam J., Gray, Richard J., Patel, Maitray D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27298682
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v1i2.8
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Sumario:We report the case of a 73-year-old who presented with multiple, small, in-transit melanoma nodules located in her right lower extremity below her knee. Positron emission tomography detected two additional non-palpable subcutaneous lesions posterior and medial to the area of previous wide local excision. A novel approach of radioactive seed localization was employed to guide the surgeon to successful surgical resection of all metastatic disease. To our knowledge, the application of radioactive seed localization to melanoma has not been previously reported.

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