The sentinel lymph node (SLN) is a standard for the surgical treatment of axillary localized breast cancer N0. It is based on a double isotopic and color detection. With a gamma detecting probe connected to an infrared camera, Déclipse SPECT system (Surgiceye(®)) is able to detect and locate any radioactive source in 3D. Mobile character for use in the operating room is particularly interesting for the intraoperative detection of SLN. We illustrate its usefulness in a clinical case where the preoperative identification of SLN by lymphoscintigraphy was not informative.
Keywords: Breast cancer; Cancer du sein; Freehand SPECT; Ganglion sentinelle; Isotope; Isotopic detection; SPECT; Sentinel lymph node.
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