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. 2012 Jul 2;30(31):3786–3791. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.41.2528

Table A2.

SLN Identification and Tumor Characteristics Among the 11 Patients With False-Negative Results

ID Lymphadenectomy (surgery type) Tumor
SLN
Sites Location Size (cm) Grossly Involved Identification*
FN01 Bilateral C Midline 4.0 No Hot only
FN02 Bilateral L Ambiguous 2.5 No Hot only
FN03 Bilateral F, P, L Midline 5.0 No Blue and hot
FN04 Bilateral C, L Midline 3.0 Yes Blue and hot
FN05 Unilateral L Lateral 4.0 No Blue and hot
FN06 Bilateral C, V, L Midline 5.0 Yes Hot only
FN07 Unilateral L Lateral 4.0 No Blue and hot
FN08 Bilateral L Ambiguous 5.0 Yes Hot only
FN09 Unilateral L Lateral 2.5 Yes Blue and hot
FN10 Bilateral C, L Midline 6.0 No Blue only
FN11 Bilateral C Midline 2.0 No Blue and hot

Abbreviations: C, clitoris; F, posterior Fourchette; FN, false negative; ID, identification number; L, labium; P, perineum; SLN, sentinel lymph node; V, vestibule.

*

Blue, intraoperative intradermal injection of blue dye. Hot, use of radiocolloid intraoperatively with handheld gamma counter passed over the nodal tissue to identify lymph nodes emitting the tracer (radioactive).