Prostatic lymphatic drainage with sentinel nodes at the ventral abdominal wall visualized with SPECT/CT: a case series

Clin Nucl Med. 2010 Feb;35(2):71-3. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181c7c07b.

Abstract

Lymphatic drainage from the prostate is mainly directed towards pelvic sentinel lymph nodes, although presacral and para-aortic sentinel nodes have also been found with lymphatic mapping. In this case series, we describe direct lymphatic drainage towards the anterior abdominal wall in 3 patients with prostate cancer. In one patient, the sentinel node at the anterior abdominal wall contained metastasis. Sentinel node sampling provides the possibility to map all nodes on a direct drainage pathway, in contrast to regional pelvic nodal dissection with which some sentinel nodes may be missed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Wall*
  • Aged
  • Drainage*
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymph Nodes / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed