Locoregional spread of cutaneous melanoma: Sonography findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 735-745

  Catalano, Orlando ^a   Caracò, Corrado ^a   Mozzillo, Nicola ^a   Siani, Alfredo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color doppler sonography; Cutaneous metastasis; Lymphadenopathy; Melanoma; Sonography

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN-TRANSIT METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SATELLITE METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 77749252484     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2422     Document Type: Review

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