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Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin echocardiography or ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Ultrasonography is not the routine test performed for the diagnosis of SCC. It is useful in certain cases when it is difficult to delineate the border of the lesion. It can be used in addition to a physical exam for better overview of the lesion
Ultrasound
Ultrasound
- Ultrasonography is not the routine test performed for the diagnosis of SCC. It is useful in certain cases when it is difficult to delineate the border of the lesion. It can be used in addition to a physical exam for better overview of the lesion.[1]
- Ultrasound can be used for the detection of metastatic lymph nodes. Doppler sonography of blood flow of hilar lymph nodes improves diagnostic accuracy of detection of metastasis of tumor cells originating from the head and the neck.[2]
References
References
- ↑ Horenblas S, Kröger R, Gallee MP, Newling DW, van Tinteren H (1994). “Ultrasound in squamous cell carcinoma of the penis; a useful addition to clinical staging? A comparison of ultrasound with histopathology”. Urology. 43 (5): 702–7. PMID 8165771. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ “Contribution of Doppler Sonography Blood Flow Information to the Diagnosis of Metastatic Cervical Nodes in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: Assessment in Relation to Anatomic Levels of the Neck”.
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