1. Lymphographic Evaluation of 116 Cases of Malignant Melanoma
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Preda F, Paolo Balzarini G, C. Uslenghi, Renato Musumeci, S. Orefice, and Acerbi L
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Cancer Research ,Lymphatic metastasis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Melanoma ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,medicine ,Radiology ,business - Abstract
The use and limitations of lymphography in malignant melanoma are evaluated on the basis of 116 cases, nearly all of the lower limbs, and the possibilities of use both preoperatively and during follow-up are discussed. In 53.5% of the cases lymphography revealed lymph node metastases in the inguino-iliac-lumboaortic chains, a datum that justifies the use of lymphography. Histologic examination of the lymph nodes removed at operation proved to be just as important. The two investigations agreed in 89.1% of the cases, taking the material as a whole, and in 90.5%, taking the individual lymph chains (157).
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- 1972