Preoperative assessment of cutaneous melanoma thickness using 10-MHz sonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 639-643

  Vilana, Ramón ^a   Puig, Susana ^a   Sanchez, Marcelo ^a   Squarcia, Mattia ^a   Lopez, Alexandra ^a   Castel, Teresa ^a   Malvehy, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cutaneous melanoma thickness; Malignant melanoma; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69949104560     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1387     Document Type: Article

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