Lymphatic drainage patterns of head and neck cutaneous melanoma: does primary melanoma site correlate with anatomic distribution of pathologically involved lymph nodes?

Lymphatic drainage patterns of head and

Lymphatic drainage patterns of head and neck cutaneous melanoma observed on lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node biopsy

✍ Doris Lin; Benjamin L. Franc; Mohammed Kashani-Sabet; Mark I. Singer 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 112 KB 👁 1 views

## Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate lymphatic drainage patterns of head and neck cutaneous melanoma observed on preoperative lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node biopsy (slnb) and determine discordancy from clinically predicted lymphatic drainage patterns. ## Methods: W