Background: Popliteal fossa, also known as the popliteal space, is located behind the knee
joint. This region can develop many clinical complications in the vascular, nervous …

Background Minor basin or in transit node drainage can be found in patients with cutaneous
melanoma who undergo sentinel node biopsy. Its clinical impact is still unclear. Our …

Background and purpose Patients with a primary melanoma below the knee may have
lymphatic drainage to a sentinel node (SN) in the popliteal fossa. The purpose of this study …

Background In melanoma, nodal status of major lymph node basins are commonly
assessed; however, minor lymph node basins (epitrochlear and popliteal regions) are often …

Background Malignant melanoma of the foot and leg usually metastasizes to the inguinal
nodes. Regional lymph nodal involvement is one of the most important prognostic factors in …

Background: Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy (LSG) is an imaging procedure routinely
used to identify the draining nodal basin in melanomas. At our institute, we have traditionally …

Management of sentinel node melanoma metastasis in the popliteal fossa Management of
sentinel node melanoma metastasis in the popliteal fossa Cir Esp (Engl Ed). 2018 Dec;96(10):661-662 …

Sentinel lymph node biopsy is fundamental in the staging of primary cutaneous melanoma
(PCL), but reported lymphoscintigraphic patterns are very heterogeneous. In this systematic …

Purpose To analyze clinical outcomes of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in lower
extremity melanoma with dual-basin drainage on lymphoscintigraphy. Methods We …

Sonography is used to detect and characterize palpable resistance or accidentally
discovered lymph nodes (LN) of the lower extremities. In most cases, these are chronically …