Reynolds Hayley M, Smith Nicolas P, Uren Roger F, Thompson John F, Dunbar P Rod
Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Head Neck. 2009 Oct;31(10):1316-25. doi: 10.1002/hed.21089.
Lymphatic drainage from skin on the head and neck is complex. We sought to provide improved visualization and analysis of the patterns of head and neck skin lymphatic drainage using aggregated lymphoscintigraphy data.
Lymphoscintigraphy data from 929 patients with cutaneous melanoma on the head and neck collected at the Sydney Melanoma Unit have been mapped onto a 3-dimensional computer model of the skin and lymph nodes.
Novel heat maps and interactive software have been created, which show subtle differences in lymphatic drainage patterns when compared with those that are previously reported. Posterior head and neck node fields largely drained posterior regions of the head and neck, whereas anterolateral skin regions were generally drained by the other head and neck node fields.
The heat maps and interactive software tool provide novel visualization of head and neck lymphatic drainage patterns, which has both educational and clinical utility.
头颈部皮肤的淋巴引流很复杂。我们试图利用汇总的淋巴闪烁造影数据，对头颈部皮肤淋巴引流模式进行更好的可视化和分析。
悉尼黑色素瘤中心收集的929名头颈部皮肤黑色素瘤患者的淋巴闪烁造影数据已被映射到皮肤和淋巴结的三维计算机模型上。
已创建了新的热图和交互式软件，与先前报道的相比，其显示出淋巴引流模式的细微差异。头颈部后部的淋巴结区域主要引流头颈部后部区域，而前外侧皮肤区域通常由头颈部的其他淋巴结区域引流。
热图和交互式软件工具提供了头颈部淋巴引流模式的新可视化方法，具有教育和临床应用价值。
