Interventional Ultrasound in Dermatology: A Pictorial Overview Focusing on Cutaneous Melanoma Patients

• Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine Vol. 41; no. 12; pp. 3137 - 3144
• Main Authors: Corvino, Antonio, Catalano, Fabio, Cipolletta Campanile, Anna, Cocco, Giulio, Delli Pizzi, Andrea, Corvino, Fabio, Varelli, Carlo, Catalano, Orlando
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.12.2022
• Subjects: cutaneous melanoma; Dermatology; general ultrasound; Humans; intervention; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymphatic Metastasis - pathology; Melanoma - diagnostic imaging; Melanoma - secondary; Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant; Neoplasm Staging; nonvascular interventional radiology; oncologic imaging; Pictorial; Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy - methods; Skin Neoplasms - pathology; Ultrasonography, Interventional - methods; ultrasound; general ultrasound; cutaneous melanoma; nonvascular interventional radiology; intervention; ultrasound; oncologic imaging

Cutaneous melanoma incidence is increasing worldwide, representing an aggressive tumor when evolving to the metastatic phase. High‐resolution ultrasound (US) is playing a growing role in the assessment of newly diagnosed melanoma cases, in the locoregional staging prior to the sentinel lymph‐node bi...