title: Calcaneal melanoma; our rare case and review of the literature.
abstract: Melanoma is a serious disease with an increasing incidence and mortality of great extent. A case of cutaneous calcaneal melanoma is described with the whole management we followed. After injection of 99 m Tc-nanocoll for sentinel lymph node detection and its localization at the left inguinal region, its excision performed with the help of gamma probe.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Karaiskos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ioannis
authors.affiliation: 4th Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Athens, Attikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Palla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Victoria
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Pateras
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ioannis
authors.affiliation: 4th Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Athens, Attikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Stamatakos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Michael
keywords: Gamma probe; Melanoma; SLN