Fine-needle aspiration biopsy with ultrasound guidance in patients with malignant melanoma and palpable lymph nodes

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 552-556

  Dalle, S ^a   Paulin, C ^b   Lapras, V ^a   Balme, B ^a   Ronger Savle, S ^a   Thomas, L ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Cutaneous melanoma; Cytology; Locoregional metastases; Needle aspiration; Ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCULATION; CANCER SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; OPEN STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND GUIDED BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33747066819     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07361.x     Document Type: Article

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