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[Subareolar injection: a potential cause of false negative in the selective biopsy of the sentinel node in breast cancer].

M E Rioja MartínG Ortega PérezL J Cabañas MonteroV Muñoz-MaderoL Cabañas Navarro
Published in: Revista espanola de medicina nuclear (2011)
Sentinel node biopsy has become the standard practice in lymph node staging in breast cancer in early stages. However, uncertainty remains regarding the best method of radiotracer/dye injection. Currently, the subareolar injection is being widely used because of its technical simplicity and higher rates of SN location versus the so-called deep techniques (peritumoral, intratumoral) that require greater specialization and greater use of resources in the non-palpable lesions. We present a case of a discrepancy between the two techniques that could have caused a false negative.
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