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A Bucci

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In situ and very thin melanomas (< 0.75 mm) are similarly and commonly recognizable.

AIMS AND BACKGROUND: Recent data have suggested that cutaneous melanoma in situ can be clinically recognized in most cases by its features, which resemble those of early invasive melanoma. The aim of the study was to verify whether the diagnostic sensitivity of melanoma in situ is actually equivalent to that of early invasive melanoma. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical diagnosis of 274 consecutive cutaneous melanoma < 0.75 mm thick. The series consisted of 84 in situ and 190 invasive lesions. RESULTS: The clinical diagnosis of melanoma was performed in 62% (52/84) of cases of in situ melanoma and in 68% (130/190) of the cases of invasive melanoma. The differences were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that cutaneous melanoma can be clinically diagnosed at a very early stage. In situ and very thin melanomas (< 0.75 mm) are similarly recognizable.

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[Epizoology of leishmaniasis in the province of Foggia: leishmaniasis in the dog].

The authors value the sensibility and the advantage of the different serological tests for the diagnosis of canine leishmaniasis (immunodiffusion, complement fixation and immunofluorescent tests) and give the results obtained from an epizoological survey carried out on dogs in the province of Foggia (Italy). The immunofluorescent test, whose positivity sera titre has fixed at the diluition of 1:10, resulted the most appropriate. In more than 400 animals examined, all from the 50 communes of the province of Foggia, the infection level of the dog by leishmania resulted to be 7.42%. If the three geographical zones, in which the province has been subdivided, are considered, this level varies from 10.21% for the subjects from the Gargano promontory, to 6.89% for those of the Subapennine Dauno, and to 5.55% for those of the Apulia plateau.

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