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. 2001 Apr;101(4):275-80.

[Computed tomography evaluation of metastasis of cutaneous melanoma]

[Article in Italian]
G Potente  1 , C Cantisani, V Cantisani, U Bottoni, S Calvieri, G M Andreoli, F Arduini, R Guerrisi
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  • PMID: 11398059

[Computed tomography evaluation of metastasis of cutaneous melanoma]

[Article in Italian]
G Potente et al. Radiol Med. 2001 Apr.

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the value of Computed Tomography (CT) in the diagnosis and in morphologic characterization of metastatic melanoma.

Materials and methods: The data of total body CT of 124 consecutive patients with melanoma having a Breslow index 1 mm or a positive sentinel lymph node have been retrospectively reviewed.

Results: The CT scan showed loco-regional and/or distant metastases in 36 patients (39%). Ten of these (28%) had metastases only to lymph nodes, whereas 26 patients (72%) had multiple metastases. Nodal, pulmonary, brain, subcutaneous, hepatic, adrenal, bone, gastrointestinal, breast and abdominal wall metastases were detected in 80.6%, 47.2%, 25%, 25%, 16.7%, 13.9%, 11.1%, 5.6%, 5.6% and 2.8% of the patients respectively. All the patients with metastases also had a positive sentinel lymph nodes and/or symptoms of metastatic disease.

Conclusions: CT fails to reveal any characteristic feature of metastatic melanoma, but it is of value in the diagnosis of loco-regional and distant metastases in III stage disease.

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