High-resolution ultrasonography assists the differential diagnosis of blue naevi and cutaneous metastases of melanoma

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 550-556

  Samimi, M ^a,b   Perrinaud, A ^a   Naouri, M ^a,b   Maruani, A ^a,b,c   Perrodeau, E ^d   Vaillant, L ^a,b,c   MacHet, L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^c CHRU de Tours   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

blue naevus; cutaneous metastases; diagnostic test; high resolution ultrasound; imaging; melanoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN METASTASIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

AGED; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, BLUE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955879646     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09903.x     Document Type: Article

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