title: [High-resolution ultrasonography: utility in diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring dermatologic diseases].
abstract: Although less precise than histological examination, high-resolution skin imaging is a noninvasive technique that provides complementary information to the clinical examination: the lesion's US structure as well as its lateral and depth extension. Ultrasonography helps in diagnosis and initial management by measuring melanoma thickness (so as to remove this lesion with safety margins) before destructive treatment (cryosurgery or radiotherapy), by showing tumor limits, or by detecting subclinical recurrence during the follow-up. In this paper, ultrasound images will be correlated with clinical and histological data in various clinical situations such as tumors, edema, cutaneous infiltration, sclerous tissues, hyperlaxity, and cutaneous aging.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, CHRU, Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours. machet@med.univ-tours.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Machet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ossant
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bleuzen
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Grégoire
authors.forename: M-C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Machet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vaillant
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D015595:Skin Aging; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography