Axillary Silicone Granulomas in Patients With Melanoma. / Siliconomas axilares en pacientes con melanoma.
Actas Dermosifiliogr
; 107(4): e23-6, 2016 May.
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| ID: mdl-26626499
ABSTRACT
Subcutaneous lesions may be detected during follow-up of patients with melanoma. The main entities that should be contemplated in the differential diagnosis in such cases are in-transit and regional lymph node metastases. We describe 2 cases of women with breast implants who developed palpable subcutaneous lesions in the axillary region during follow-up of melanoma. In both cases, the ultrasound study showed diffuse hyperechoic signals forming the characteristic snowstorm sign in the subcutaneous tissue. Ultrasound proved to be a key diagnostic tool for ruling out melanoma-related disease, such as in-transit metastases and regional lymph node metastases.
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Complicaciones Posoperatorias
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Siliconas
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Neoplasias Cutáneas
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Granuloma de Cuerpo Extraño
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Implantes de Mama
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Melanoma
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
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En
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Es
Revista:
Actas Dermosifiliogr
Año:
2016
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Article