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Locoregional Staging of Melanoma

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Dermatologic Ultrasound with Clinical and Histologic Correlations

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Melanoma is the most aggressive type of skin cancer and has complex metastatic pathways, including local extension, regional spread to lymph nodes, and spread to distant organs. Real-time, high-resolution sonography has become the main imaging noninvasive tool used for staging and follow-up of locoregional tumor spread in patients with cutaneous melanoma. In this chapter, basic concepts on melanoma, technical considerations, use of contrast-enhanced sonography, sonographic morphology of the primary lesions and performance of locoregional staging, as well ultrasound-guided procedures for melanoma are discussed.

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Catalano, O., Voit, C. (2013). Locoregional Staging of Melanoma. In: Wortsman, X. (eds) Dermatologic Ultrasound with Clinical and Histologic Correlations. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7184-4_11

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