Author/Authors :
Gültekin, Salih Sinan Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital - Clinic of Nuclear Medicine - Ankara, Turkey , Hasdemir, Ahmet Oğuz Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital - Clinic of Surgery - Ankara, Turkey , Tokgöz, Serhat Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital - Clinic of Surgery - Ankara, Turkey , Özgehan, Gülay Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital - Clinic of Surgery - Ankara, Turkey , Güzel, Hakan Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital - Clinic of Surgery - Ankara, Turkey , Yücesoy, Cüneyt Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital - Clinic of Radiology - Ankara, Turkey , Öztürk, Emine Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital - Clinic of Radiology - Ankara, Turkey , Arıkök, Ata Türker Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital - Clinic of Pathology - Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
We herein present our first experience obtained by 3D freehand single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) (F-SPECT) guidance for sentinel lymph node detection (SLND) in two patients with early stage breast cancer. F-SPECT guidance was carried out using one-day protocol in one case and by the two-day protocol in the other one. SLND was performed successfully in both patients. Histopathologic evaluation showed that the excised nodes were tumor negative. Thus, patients underwent breast-conserving surgery alone.
Keywords :
computer assisted three dimensional imaging , radionuclide tomography , sentinel lymph node biopsy , single photon emission computed tomography , image guided surgery , Breast cancer
