Ganglios centinela “en tránsito” en el melanoma maligno. ¿Cuál es su importancia?

Lymphoscintigraphy is mandatory in the location of in-transit SLNs. Moreover, although the incidence of these nodes is relatively low in malignant melanoma, the presence of metastatic cells in these in-transit SLNs reaches a significant percentage. Therefore, excision of in-transit SLNs is necessary in all cases.