Diagnosis of malignant breast disease by axillary lymphoscintigraphy: A preliminary report
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 65 (6), 379-383
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800650604
Abstract
The ability of regional lymph nodes to take up 99Tcm- labelled antimony sulphide colloid from the breast tissue was studied in 50 patients with mammary symptoms by gamma-camera scanning. Thirteen out of 14 patients with histologically confirmed carcinoma of the breast had a depressed uptake of labelled colloid in ipsilateral nodes, i. e. a positive scan. Twenty-nine out of 32 patients with benign breast disease had a negative scan. The method promises to aid both the precise diagnosis o breast disease and the definition of the extent of mammary cancer.Keywords
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