The role of imaging in the management of patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer: Diagnostic modalities and applications.
While uncomplicated cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer can be treated with surgery, destruction, or topical therapy alone, advanced or neglected cases require more complex management decisions. Dermatologists and dermatologic surgeons should be familiar with the imaging techniques relevant to cutaneous oncology and their value in different clinical scenarios. Herein we review imaging modalities used in management of nonmelanoma skin cancer.
Department of Dermatology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Deborah
D
MacFarlane
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Komal
K
Shah
Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
Ashley
A
Wysong
Department of Radiology, Institute for Diagnostic Imaging and Research of the Skin and Soft Tissues, Clinica Servet, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; Department of Dermatology, Institute for Diagnostic Imaging and Research of the Skin and Soft Tissues, Clinica Servet, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Ximena
X
Wortsman
Department of Dermatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: trh102@hotmail.com.
Tatyana R
TR
Humphreys
D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000009:adverse effects; D019468:Disease Management; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009928:Organ Specificity; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods
D003287:Contrast Media
Merkel cell carcinoma; basal cell carcinoma; computed tomography; dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; positron emission tomography; radiology; skin cancer; squamous cell carcinoma; ultrasound