Zeitschrift für klinische und experimentelle Onkologie

Elastography as a New Screening Tool for Metastatic Lymph Nodes in Melanoma Patients

Anne Caudron, Anne-Fleur Chassine, Sandra Le Gloan,Jean-Philippe Arnault, Guillaume Chaby, Majed Eshki and Catherine Lok

In melanoma patients, early detection of lymph node recurrence is essential. Elastography is a non-invasive technique for studying tissue stiffness, already used to assess liver, thyroid and breast lesions, pancreatic and prostate nodules and cervical lymphadenopathy. In a prospective pilot study, we
sought to evaluate the value of a combination of elastography and B-mode ultrasonography for detecting lymph node metastases in melanoma patients.