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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has several outpatient and urgent care centers throughout South Florida, including on-demand, virtual care.
Walk-in urgent care with no appointment needed.
Serving as your child's primary doctor's office.
Pediatric specialty consultations available closer to home.
A full range of comprehensive services all under one roof.
Connect with providers from the comfort of your own home.
With over 800 pediatric physicians on staff, we’re dedicated to helping you connect with the right specialist for your needs.
We have expertise in treating children and educating families on hundreds of different conditions.
We use cutting-edge, specialized treatments and procedures to ensure the best care for your child.
Also known as: sentinel lymph node mapping.
Lymphoscintigraphy is a special type of noninvasive nuclear medical test that is used to provide images and to map and identify any blockages in lymphatic flow and to identify abnormal lymph nodes (glands).
Your child will be asked to lie down on an examination table, and a very small amount of radioactive material known as a radiotracer will be injected under the skin using very small needles after a small amount of topical anesthetic has been applied to reduce the pain of injection. The tracer will travel into your child’s lymphatic system where it can be detected with the use of a gamma camera. During this time (a few minutes) your child will need to stay very still.
Usually no special preparation is necessary.
The radiotracer injected during lymphoscintigraphy has been used for many years with no known complications.
Reviewed by: Jack Wolfsdorf, MD, FAAP
This page was last updated on: June 21, 2019 01:29 AM