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Axillary blue sentinel lymph node: an unusual tattoo?

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  1. Division of Breast Cancer Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Via G. Ripamonti 435, 20141, Milan, Italy

    Giovanni Corso, Denise Mattar Fanianos, Viviana Galimberti & Mattia Intra

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Corso, G., Mattar Fanianos, D., Galimberti, V. et al. Axillary blue sentinel lymph node: an unusual tattoo?. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 44, 1940–1941 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-017-3772-7

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