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## Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate lymphatic drainage patterns of head and neck cutaneous melanoma observed on preoperative lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node biopsy (slnb) and determine discordancy from clinically predicted lymphatic drainage patterns. ## Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of 114 patients with head and neck cutaneous melanomas evaluated with preoperative lymphoscintigraphy and slnb from january 2001 through july 2004. ## Results: At least one sentinel lymph node (sln) was identified in 97% of cases. on preoperative lymphoscintigraphy, an sln was identified in an area not clinically predicted in 49 cases (43%). the most common sites of discordancy were in areas not typically dissected in standard neck dissections, such as the postauricular region, or in areas of more distant drainage than described previously, such as the inferior or posterior neck. their percentages of discordant cases were 51%, 27%, and 22%, respectively. the sites of regional recurrence occurred in two cases not predicted on preoperative lymphoscintigraphy and in two cases of failed slnb. ## Conclusions: On the basis of preoperative lymphoscintigraph

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Author

Doris Lin; Benjamin L. Franc; Mohammed Kashani-Sabet; Mark I. Singer

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 1043-3074)

Published

2006

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)