[Ultrasound in the management of non-melanoma skin cancer]

Abstract

Cutaneous ultrasound plays an important role in the study and management of non-melanoma skin cancer. Among other factors, this technique contributes to the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of these tumours, the establishment of their size and relation to neighbouring structures, the delimitation of surgical margins, and the detection of subclinical and recurrent lesions. The present article analyses the role of cutaneous ultrasound in the field of non-melanoma skin cancer (basal and squamous cell carcinomas, lymphomas and dermatofibrosarcoma) through a literature review.

Keywords: Basal cell carcinoma; Carcinoma basocelular; Carcinoma escamocelular; Dermatofibrosarcoma; Ecografía; Linfoma; Lymphoma; Squamous cell carcinoma; Ultrasound.