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Melanoma echocardiography or ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
There are no echocardiography/ultrasound findings associated with melanoma. However, an ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of melanoma which include metastasis and invasion of the local tissue.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound
- Ultrasound can be a useful and cost-effective tool in the staging of melanoma.[1]
- Ovarian metastatic lesion on ultrasound can have a solid appearance with rich vascularization. It can help in differentiating between primary ovarian cancer and ovarian melanoma metastases.[2]
- Ocular ultrasound can detect extrascleral extension in choroidal melanoma.[3]
References
References
- ↑ Olmedo D, Brotons-Seguà M, Del Toro C, González M, Requena C, Traves V, Pla A, Bolumar I, Moreno-RamÃrez D, Nagore E (December 2017). “Use of Lymph Node Ultrasound Prior to Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in 384 Patients with Melanoma: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis”. Actas Dermosifiliogr. 108 (10): 931–938. doi:10.1016/j.ad.2017.06.002. PMID 28801012.
- ↑ Vimercati A, Suma C, Cicinelli E, Resta L, Cormio G (January 2018). “Title ultrasound features of ovarian melanoma metastases: The “Golf ball” aspect”. Eur. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Reprod. Biol. 220: 137–138. doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2017.11.009. PMID 29198556.
- ↑ Jacobsen BH, Ricks C, Harrie RP (December 2018). “Ocular ultrasound versus MRI in the detection of extrascleral extension in a patient with choroidal melanoma”. BMC Ophthalmol. 18 (1): 320. doi:10.1186/s12886-018-0990-0. PMC 6291956. PMID 30541510.
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