High-Frequency and Ultra-High-Frequency Ultrasound in Dermatologic Diseases and Aesthetic Medicine
Giulio Argalia, Alfonso Reginelli, Elisa Molinelli, Anna Russo, Alessandra Michelucci, Andrea Sechi, Angelo Valerio Marzano, Stella Desyatnikova, Marco Fogante, Vittorio Patanè, Giammarco Granieri, Corrado Tagliati, Giulio Rizzetto, Edoardo De Simoni, M. Matteucci, Matteo Candelora, Cecilia Lanza, Claudio Ventura, Nicola Carboni, Roberto Esposito, Stefano Esposito, Massimiliano Paolinelli, Elisabetta Esposto, Giuseppe Lanni, Gabriella Lucidi Pressanti, C. Giorgi, Fabiola Principi, Alberto Rebonato, Sylwia Malinowska, K Mlosek, Gian Marco Giuseppetti, Valentina Dini, Marco Romanelli, Annamaria Offidani, Salvatore Cappabianca, Ximena Wortsman, Oriana Simonetti
Abstract
Dermatologic ultrasonography applications are rapidly growing in all skin fields. Thanks to very high spatial resolution, high-frequency and ultra-high-frequency ultrasound can evaluate smaller structures, allowing us to improve diagnosis accuracy and disease activity. Moreover, they can guide treatment, such as drug injection, and assess therapy efficacy and complications. In this narrative review, we evaluated high-frequency ultrasound and ultra-high-frequency ultrasound in infections, inflammatory dermatoses, metabolic and genetic disorders, specific cutaneous structure skin disorders, vascular and external-agent-associated disorders, neoplastic diseases, and aesthetics.