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Lo studio delle lesioni cutanee primitive e secondarie richiede sonde di alta o altissima frequenza (>13 MHz, meglio se >16 MHz), possibilmente a multifrequenza, nonché l’eventuale impiego di distanziatori; anche la disponibilità di sonde a matrice può essere di notevole ausilio. Nello studio ad alta risoluzione è possibile distinguere i diversi strati della cute: l’epidermide, iperecogena (0,3–0,6 mm di spessore), il derma, ecogeno seppur meno dell’epidermide, con areole ipo-anecogene nella sua parte più profonda (1–4 mm di spessore), il sottocutaneo, con lobuli adiposi ipoecogeni e con sottili (5–20 mm) tralci fibrosi ecogeni interposti, la fascia superficiale, ecogena, che separa i tessuti cutanei dal piano muscolare sottostante [Bossi et al. 2001, Cammarota et al. 2006].
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