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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Conjunctival and Eyelid Tumors

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Sentinel lymph node biopsy for tumors of the conjunctiva and eyelid is feasible and relatively safe and can identify microscopic regional lymph node disease before metastatic disease becomes clinically apparent. Clinical bullets (sentinel lymph node biopsy, eyelid carcinomas, eyelid melanomas, conjunctival melanoma, microscopic metastasis in lymph nodes)

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  1. Section of Ophthalmology, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Aaron Savar M.D. & Bita Esmaeli M.D., F.A.C.S.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Wayne State University School of Med, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    Evan H. Black

  2. Oakland University William Beaumont, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology Director, Oculoplastic Surgery, Southfield, Michigan, USA

    Frank A. Nesi

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

    Christopher J. Calvano

  4. William Beaumont School of Medicine, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology Co-Director, Oculoplastic Surgery, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    Geoffrey J. Gladstone

  5. Former Chief of Ophthalmology, Emeritus Clinical Prof of Ophthalmology Case Western Reserve University, South Euclid, USA

    Mark R. Levine

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Savar, A., Esmaeli, B. (2012). Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Conjunctival and Eyelid Tumors. In: Black, E., Nesi, F., Calvano, C., Gladstone, G., Levine, M. (eds) Smith and Nesi’s Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0971-7_38

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