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Calcaneal Melanoma; Our Rare Case and Review of the Literature

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Melanoma is a serious disease with an increasing incidence and mortality of great extent. A case of cutaneous calcaneal melanoma is described with the whole management we followed. After injection of 99 m Tc-nanocoll for sentinel lymph node detection and its localization at the left inguinal region, its excision performed with the help of gamma probe.

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  1. 1st Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Karaiskos Ioannis & Pateras Ioannis

  2. 4th Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Athens, Attikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Palla Victoria & Stamatakos Michael

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Ioannis, K., Victoria, P., Ioannis, P. et al. Calcaneal Melanoma; Our Rare Case and Review of the Literature. Indian J Surg 75, 239–241 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-010-0220-3

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