Is there a role for sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in the management of sarcoma? Sentinel node biopsy has dramatically changed the management of melanoma and breast cancer, helping surgeons avoid radical lymphadenectomies in node negative patients who would previously have undergone a more morbid operation with little benefit, or remained pathologically unstaged. Many investigators have explo...

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BACKGROUND The aim of this pilot trial was to study the feasibility of sentinel node percutaneous preoperative gamma probe-guided biopsy as a valid preoperative method of assessment of nodal status compared to surgical sentinel lymph node biopsy. MATERIAL/METHODS This prospective study enrolled 10 consecutive patients without evidence of axillary lymph node metastases at preoperative imaging....

AIM The sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was firstly introduced by Giuliano and co. in 1994 for the treatment of breast cancer; in comparison to the axillary lymph node dissection (ALND), the sentinel lymph node biopsy has shown both a lower morbidity and acceptable distance results. We want to show that this technique is reliable and should be used routinely in selected cases. MATERIALS OF ...

The optimal histopathological handling of sentinel lymph nodes remains the subject of debate. There is surprisingly little evidence in support of the manner in which sentinel lymph nodes are grossed. Some authors recommend that a lymph node be sectioned parallel to the long axis of the node, while others recommend that the short axis be used. In either case, the manner in which a sentinel lymph...

It is generally accepted that lymph node status is one of the most important prognostic factors in vulvar and cervical carcinoma.[4,5] The problematic area has remained the long-standing practice of evaluating lymph node status by complete or near-complete lymph node resections followed by pathologic evaluation. It is clear that extensive lymph node dissection adds to morbidity and increases th...

PATIENT Female, 66 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Infiltrating ductal carcinoma • small lymphocytic lymphoma SYMPTOMS - MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy • lumpectomy • axillary lymph node dissection Specialty: Breast cancer surgery. OBJECTIVE Rare presentation of two concomitant malingancies. BACKGROUND Lymphatic mapping of axillary breast cancer metastases in the presence ...

The use of sentinel lymph node biopsy in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity is still subject to debate although some studies have reported its feasibility. The main reason for this debate is probably due to the high false-negative rate for floor-of-mouth tumors per se. We report the case of a 54-year-old man with a T1N0 floor-of-mouth squamous cell carcinoma who underwent the sentinel l...

Surgical excision of axillary lymph node(s) is standard practice in the management of invasive breast cancer. Whether sentinel or axillary lymph node excisions are performed, typically the histopathological distinction of metastatic carcinoma is straightforward. However, there are rare, though, important pathological entities that may pose a diagnostic challenge in the evaluation of axillary se...