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The role of sentinel lymph node mapping in small animal veterinary medicine: A comparison with current approaches in human medicine.

  • Beer P Clinic for Small Animal Surgery, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Pozzi A Clinic for Small Animal Surgery, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Rohrer Bley C Division of Radiation Oncology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Bacon N Fitzpatrick Referrals Oncology and Soft Tissue, Guildford Hospital, Guildford, UK.
  • Pfammatter NS Clinic for Diagnostic Imaging, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Venzin C Clinic for Small Animal Surgery, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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  • 2017-11-28
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  • Veterinary and comparative oncology. - 2018
comparative oncology
lymph node biopsy
lymphatic metastasis
sentinel lymph node mapping
surgical oncology
Animals
Contrast Media
Humans
Lymphoscintigraphy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neoplasm Staging
Sentinel Lymph Node
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
Veterinary Medicine
English The relevance of regional lymph node (LN) assessment to quantify the metastatic spread of cancer is well recognized in veterinary oncology. Evaluation of LNs is critical for tumour staging. However, sampling the correct LN may not be possible without sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping. Methods for diagnostic imaging and intraoperative detection of SLNs are well established in human medicine, in particular, the combination of lymphoscintigraphy and intraoperative application of blue dyes. Nevertheless, alternative imaging techniques are available and have gained increasing interest. Successful implementation of these techniques in dogs have been reported in both clinical and experimental studies. This review aims to provide an overview of SLN mapping techniques in human and veterinary medicine.
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