• An Bras Dermatol · Mar 2011

    Sentinel lymph node biopsy in cases of skin melanoma: initial experiences at a center in northeastern Brazil.

    • Rafael Bandeira Lages, Sabas Carlos Vieira, Benedita Andrade Leal de Abreu, Ilanna Naianny Leal Rodrigues, Lina Gomes Dos Santos, and Natália Monteiro Cordeiro.
    • Bionuclear Diagnostics Center (Centro Bionuclear de Diagnóstico – CBD), São Marcos Hospital and Federal University of Piauí, Piauí, Brazil. rafaelblages@gmail.com
    • An Bras Dermatol. 2011 Mar 1;86(2):379-82.

    AbstractThe incidence of skin melanoma is increasing worldwide. The presence of lymph node metastasis is the most important prognostic factor of this disease, the thicker the lesion the greater the likelihood of lymph node involvement. Approximately 20% of patients with Breslow depth 1-4 mm have lymph node metastasis. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is standard procedure in the management of patients with skin melanoma, reflecting progress in the treatment of this disease since this procedure avoids an unnecessary radical lymphadenectomy, thus reducing the morbidity of treatment. This paper describes a series of cases involving sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma patients in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil between 2008 and 2009.

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