Calcaneal melanoma; our rare case and review of the literature

Indian J Surg. 2013 Jun;75(3):239-41. doi: 10.1007/s12262-010-0220-3. Epub 2010 Dec 3.

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.

Keywords: Gamma probe; Melanoma; SLN.