Sandra Le Gloan Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
B-Mode Ultrasound, Lymph nodes, Ultrasonography, Melanoma
Department of Dermatology, Amiens University Medical Center, South Hospital, Jules Vernes University of Picardy, France.
Sandra Le Gloan was working at Department of Dermatology, Amiens University Medical Center, South Hospital, Jules Vernes University of Picardy, France. He has more than 40 publications. His current research area related to Lymph nodes.
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): 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.