Utility of SPECT/CT for periparotid sentinel lymph node mapping in the surgical management of head and neck melanoma
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Utility of SPECT/CT for periparotid sentinel lymph node mapping in the surgical management of head and neck melanoma
Abstract
Purpose: Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is instrumental in staging and treatment of cutaneous melanoma. SPECT/CT, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) integrated with computed tomography (CT), increases the accuracy of SLN mapping to improve surgical planning. SPECT/CT can correct for signal scatter to prevent masking, which is especially common in the head and neck. For periparotid lymph nodes SPECT/CT may improve localization of SLNs compared to lymphoscintigraphy.
Materials/methods: Hospital charts were reviewed for 14 patients with melanoma and suspected lymphatic drainage to the parotid region who received lymphoscintigraphy followed by SPECT/CT prior to surgical excision and SLN.
Results: Overall, SPECT/CT provided data, which changed management in 57% of patients.
Conclusions: Fifty-seven percent of our patients benefited from use of SPECT/CT. The distinction between level II and parotid sentinel lymph nodes was clearly identified through SPECT/CT images. We believe that patients with melanoma draining to the parotid region would benefit from SPECT/CT SLN mapping.
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